Youth and Violence
"Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their
energy creatively, so they do the opposite and destroy." - Anthony Burgess
It is a commonly held belief that youth violence is an inevitable reality of the world we live in. A certain
amount of youth violence can stem from the exposure to violent acts within the community. In a world
where quite often our daily news is punctuated by stories of hate crimes, tragic school shootings,
workplace rampages, and attacks on churches and community centers, it is clear that this is a major issue
of concern.
What is your opinion on the Burgess quote? What do you think causes young people to act
violently? What can be done to curb or eliminate youth violence?
In a well-developed essay, articulate your position on the Anthony Burgess quote on youth and
violence. Include facts, details, and examples to encourage readers to support your position.
As you write, remember your essay will be scored based on how well you:
-paragraph response to the assigned topic that clearly communicates your thesis to the
audience.
ewpoint, or counterarguments.
-structured sentences and language that are appropriate for your audience.
onventions of standard American English.
Use any of the tools available to you, such as the Checklist, Spellchecker, or Graphic Organizer.
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A point of violence can stem from numerous sources, each a reason why such an
adaptation was met. Youth violence cannot be private in the sense that destruction can only be
attained by the failure of meeting in a creative idea. Everyday there are millions of fruitless ideas
that do not seek ground, but these ideas do not result in the creation of havoc. Particularizing the
orientation that youth and violence correlate is a false claim that Burgess makes; he belittles the
chance to exercise energy properly while promoting fallacious habits of his intended audience.
Wrongly putting down with little background on the subject is a method of attack that
Burgess utilizes to make his point. Asserting “they don’t know how to use their energy
creatively, so they do the opposite and destroy,” is a heinous statement. Burgess complements
this discourse by adding the audacious “so they do the opposite and destroy.” Violence may
ferment from intended desires of creation but by justifying that, this direction is the only way is
not correct.
Burgess champions his own statement by speaking of material that will sprout clamour. It
is obvious that with Burgess had positive intentions in mind when he said those words, no matter
how small. Exciting the fact that this area of discussion is open to many tracks of interpretation,
in a sense Burgess failed to create but did the opposite. He is allowing violence to form when
discussions of the subject matter become out of hand.
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