Violent Media is Good for Children, by Gerard Jones, is an article that makes numerous claims to support the argument that a controlled amount of violence could be beneficial to a young, developing child. Although the topic of this article may be controversial, the claims support the argument in several notable ways. It is written in such a way that it tells a story, which begins when the author was a child and continues into adulthood. In this case, the author uses what I believe to be just the correct amount of each rhetorical strategy and achieves his goal in writing the article. This argument is interesting and at the same time effective. Throughout the analysis process, logos, ethos and pathos are sought and scrutinized. While Jones appears to only use one source for his article, that doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't mention any evidence or logos. This entire article is Jones' testimony and the source is himself, as the article recounts the author's involvement in violent media. Jones did not need to search for information when he had all the knowledge on the subject, at that time, from his own life. Jones begins by recalling events when he was a child, in which his parents did not want him exposed to violence in the 1960s and isolated him from pop culture (Jones para. 1). He gives readers background information, which ends up explaining how much he knows about the subject. As a child, he yearned for anything to bring him out of his disbelief and sorrow when he was confined in a small school, which seemed unusual to him (Jones para. 1). He uses his childhood in life, as logos to support his claims. The statements made prove that he is correct in believing that the absence of violent media could deprive a young child. Later in his childhood, he remembers, “The character that caught me and freed me was Hulk” (Jones para. 4). This provides logical evidence that proves that once exposed to moderate violence, he was