Elements of Violence Everyone has had their fair share of violence in their lives. It is one of those things that you can try to prevent but still finds a way to you. Some people seen it or even have been part of it, either way, it is not a great thing to experience. Even though violence is considered a horrible thing there still is something everyone can learn from it. Violence has affected mostly everybody's life that has seen or been part of it and even the life of your writer. When I was in elementary school a lot of gang member lived my neighborhood. Sometimes people that are in this gang would have a disagreement with another gang the neighborhood. Usually, when this happened a fight broke out and after it was done someone from some the gangs would have gone to jail or even dead. Throughout my life, I still see the same things and learned something from each time. For example, some of the gang members would do some things just to earn the respect of some other gang member. Some people do violence in order to impress their friends or feel a sense of love from them. Some people just join to be cool or to feel a sense of sense that they don't get at home. If you ask some gang members they will tell you that they never really want to cause violence but some things …show more content…
Many know how it feels when you've experienced a form of violence and I can say that none of us ever want to feel like that again. People see violence as a way to escape or settle disputes with others they don't agree with. If you've ever seen violence you know it isn't a good thing, but you can still learn something from it. Even though with all the violence in the world there are many things we can do to decrease it like join a club or stay away from as much as possible. Also if we can just respect everyone in the world then I believe there will be no need for violence and if there is no need then no one will try to start any