The Color Of Mayhem Rhetorical Analysis
Grand Theft Auto has been on the market since 1998 and since then 30 million copies have been sold (A Guide For College and Beyond, 2010, p. 494). After reading the article, The Color of Mayhem by Michael Marriot, I found out that over the years issues of this and many other video games have risen dramatically. Racial stereotyping, discrimination, and violence were explained as the most looked at. Parents are suspecting kids are learning ways from the game they are playing. Is the video game actually giving kids the wrong image or is it all just for fun?
The screen crackles with criminality as a gang of urban predators itch for a kill. The scene erupts into automatic-weapons fire in a drive-by nightmare of screaming car engines, senseless …show more content…
He gives details like “partly set in city resembling gang-ridden stretches”, “aiming Uzi’s out of low riding cars” and many others (The Color of Mayhem, 2004, p. 294). His article gives factual information of this game, and gives the reader many other opinions. For example, Joe Morgan quotes, “A lot of young people are unable to discern between reality and satirical depictions”. Michael also tells the reader about the many other games with these same types of critical claims: 25 to life, Notorious: Die to Drive, NBA Ballers, and many others. He tells about the cultural and political sides talked about. He also leaves the reader with thoughts of their own opinion, not just telling them which side he’s …show more content…
The video game teaches no respect, tolerance or responsibility. It’s giving kids more apt to “violence is the answer”, which is the main value being pushed out of school systems. They say we go to history class to keep history from repeating itself, but we make and play video games teaching kids all the wrong things to do. Don’t you think they are just going to repeat what they see?
Many of these video games are just representing the hip-hop style, attitude and appearance. The life of a gang member isn’t what any parent wants for their children, so why do they let them play these types of video games? They have to have some type of influence on them, if they are so interested in playing them. Parents are allowing their 7-13 year old children play Grand Theft Auto. Even after sitting and watching exactly what goes on, they allow it. Some of these games goal is to rule the streets and kill as many people as you
The screen crackles with criminality as a gang of urban predators itch for a kill. The scene erupts into automatic-weapons fire in a drive-by nightmare of screaming car engines, senseless …show more content…
He gives details like “partly set in city resembling gang-ridden stretches”, “aiming Uzi’s out of low riding cars” and many others (The Color of Mayhem, 2004, p. 294). His article gives factual information of this game, and gives the reader many other opinions. For example, Joe Morgan quotes, “A lot of young people are unable to discern between reality and satirical depictions”. Michael also tells the reader about the many other games with these same types of critical claims: 25 to life, Notorious: Die to Drive, NBA Ballers, and many others. He tells about the cultural and political sides talked about. He also leaves the reader with thoughts of their own opinion, not just telling them which side he’s …show more content…
The video game teaches no respect, tolerance or responsibility. It’s giving kids more apt to “violence is the answer”, which is the main value being pushed out of school systems. They say we go to history class to keep history from repeating itself, but we make and play video games teaching kids all the wrong things to do. Don’t you think they are just going to repeat what they see?
Many of these video games are just representing the hip-hop style, attitude and appearance. The life of a gang member isn’t what any parent wants for their children, so why do they let them play these types of video games? They have to have some type of influence on them, if they are so interested in playing them. Parents are allowing their 7-13 year old children play Grand Theft Auto. Even after sitting and watching exactly what goes on, they allow it. Some of these games goal is to rule the streets and kill as many people as you