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Violence in the media and in the movies today is more gratuitous than it ever has been. Many experts have pointed out that society should take appropriate ethical actions to minimize violence by adolescents. Many believe that this violence was caused by the increased brutality in movies today. I feel that this is not the case; adolescents in our society are intelligent enough to distinguish between fake movie violence and unfeigned savagery. Many examples pointed …

…from what is wrong, an ability that is taught and demonstrated from birth. Other factors such as influences upon the aggressor by other people and home life and possible abuse present themselves more often than does movie violence in these cases. Finally, society does not need to take appropriate ethical actions to stop this increasing trend in violence- it is the responsibility of the parents involved in the case of violence to remedy the situation.