Analysis Of High Jinks: Shoot-Out By Guy Martin

One day, you're enjoying a nice hot cup of coffee on your front porch when you see a soldier aiming at your neighbor as he starts leaving for school. In “High Jinks: Shoot-Out” by Guy Martin informs us about how high schools in New York promote this type of action and no consequences are faced. This game goes on for two long weeks and is taken seriously, sometimes too seriously. They have made up a seventeen-point book that has all the rules and safe zones. These two weeks are described as “ferocious.” Role-playing games with simulated violence are dangerous and a threat to students and society because sometimes people take it too far, it promotes illegal actions, and students ambush each other

First of all, sometimes people take it too far.

These pieces of evidence support the claim that role-playing games with simulated violence are dangerous and a threat to kids. In the text, it states, “Hopped a neighbor's fence and exited through a neighbor's house” (Martin 2). This evidence strongly supports the claim because it proves how a student decides to exit through a neighbor's house, which is a sign of trespassing, just to not get caught and be eliminated from this violent and dangerous game. Students are so determined and competitive to win that they forget about legal laws. It seems as though the school is blinded by sand in their eyes when they see stuff like this. Another piece of evidence that strongly supports the claim is, “On Wednesday, students went to a home to target a senior, he backed out of his driveway and into a car” (NBC news). This evidence supports the claim because it shows how a competitive student goes to another student's house just to shoot him with a water gun. This is a sign of trespassing and invading other people's privacy. These types of “fun” games promote children to do unexpected things. Also with trespassing and invading other people's privacy, this student crashes his car just to quickly escape in time. Who gonna pay for

These pieces of evidence support the claim that role-playing games with simulated violence are dangerous and a threat to kids. In the text it states, “The idea was to use a cell phone to call the Cohens landline, posing as Cohen’s teammate Dominic, using Dominic's caller I.D…. ‘We want to get Cohen out on the stoop, or learn whether he's sleeping at home’ ” (Martin 1). Impersonating another student and stalking the other competitive students shows how using skills that are smart might actually be harmful. The student tries to get the person out and stalks him to see if he's awake just to get him eliminated. It’s okay to use smart skills but using skills to ambush others and see if the idea works might encourage them to do more of these types of tricks and pranks. Additionally, in the text, it states “ Shot a boy sitting on his stoop in Boerum Hill, a second as he ventured from his country house to Cobble Hill, and a third whom he duped into coming to a party in the village” (Martin 2). This piece of evidence supports the claim because it shows how another student is trying to just enjoy their life when a competitive student comes between that and ruins it. Whether you are sitting in your home or outside at a party these vicious students will always get