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Red Shirt: A Narrative Analysis
Old people are always saying that the younger generations are getting more and more violent as time goes by. While it might be easy to remind them of all the wars fought in the 20th Century, this time we might have to concede this one and admit defeat. Just take a look at this short video - two kids no older than 12 are slugging it out and fighting like their lives depend on it!

The video might only be 42 seconds long but as soon as it starts you can tell that a fight is going to go down. Two young kids, that we will call Blue Shirt and Red Shirt, are staring at each other, arguing, and all pumped to go. If you've seen any fights before you know that neither of these fellows is ready to back out. Especially kids! They always feel like they have something to prove. …show more content…
We understand that these rules don't apply in real life, but Blue Shirt just didn't have any regards for good fighting manners - he just went directly for a right straight aimed for Red Shirt's face. It landed, but clearly it was a shallow shot, as Red started fighting back straight away. They're young and still barely have any fighting experience, so they just grab each other and throw some wild punches, hoping any will
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