What is Jones’s thesis? Restate it in your own words. Jones’s thesis is that, it’s helped hundreds of people for everyone it’ hurt, and that our fear if youth violence isn’t well-founded on reality, and that the fear can do more harm than the reality. This statement is saying that violence helps people just as much as it can hurt people. He is also saying that people have developed an irrational fear or violence, and fearing violence is more harmful than violence itself.
2. What arguments does Jones present as evidence in support of his thesis? The evidence he presents is mostly appeal to ethos. He gives the examples of the children he’s worked and studied. He argues that based on his observations, children use violent characters to meet