InDormal Fiction (InFormal Diction)

For my blog, I will discuss the nature of video gaming on society.

Video gaming has had a wide sweeping effect over the world, particularly on my generation. Many people I know enjoy video games and play them very often. I would like to now unravel the myths and speculations that, "Mature" rated video games have a negative effect on youth and teens. Mature rated video games are not evil and will not corrupt the mentally stable.
             For one, I want to state that I think only the mentally able should play these types of games. Most teens around my age are able to handle these, so I will be talking about this age group and these types of children. The reason why I think that mature games are okay to play is because they are a good venting technique. We can let out our frustration with just going through a level, and maybe beating a few people up in the process. I mean some of it can be rather violent, but if you are able to watch an, "R" rated movie, is it not respectable to ask that video games be the same situation? Sometimes I feel as though the rating company takes teens for granted. No mentally stable teenager is going to get a gun and go on a murderous rampage just because he played a violent video game. If it does happen, I believe that the parent is guilty of that, but that's another tale for another time. I just mean that a parent should know if their child is not capable of the capacity that is mature video games. Feeling this way, I would like to further explain my idea of venting through video games.
               We, as a population, were built off of violence. Could we have really survived if the cavemen had not made weapons and hunted? No. So why is it so wrong to tap into that primeval  instinct once in a little while, in a completely non harmful and non violent way? I honestly do not see why. It's in our history to be violent, and while I may not agree that it's right to be violent all the time, I think that some times we, as human beings, feel angry and frustrated and have a need to be violent. So, we should settle it in a non violent way, and I think to deny teens of that is completely wrong and will probably just end up not even working in the favor that people going against mature games for teens are reaching for. Don't deny us the right to be ourselves, as humans.

A Separate Peaz.

             Well, I may as well just start my review by revealing to you, the reader, (but probably Mrs. Gilman, and not anyone else), that I am not very far at all in my book. I have had much schoolwork lately and haven't had much free time to read and do my annotations. But, I must say that I am relishing the book so far.
              A Separate Peace is about two boys attending a boarding school in England, and their relationship, because they are two polar opposites. Gene is intellectual and cunning, with a slight danger side to him, while Phineas is the guy who is really good at everything he does, and everyone wants to be him. These two are completely different, and so far it has been a kick in the pants to read. The book is very exciting, and makes you really feel like you're there, experiencing the crazy happenings. It is extremely well written, and it also has some sentimental value, as it's set in World War Two, and the boy's have to cope with the war, etc.
               One literary element that I will be REQUIRED to do is DEFINITELY the characters. As I said, these two boys are not at all anything alike, and some of the witty banter between them is just too much to miss. They both have arguments, but the sort them out with wonderful finesse, and it is just the classic case of opposites attract. This book so far also seems to have a theme of friendship, or knowing who your real friends are sort of theme to it, but as I said, I'm not quite far enough into the book to know for sure
              A book that I can relate this too is probably Harry Potter. I know that sounds pretty odd, but just hear me out. I'm not talking about the conflict aspect, I'm talking about Harry and Ron's friendship. Every one's sure to have read Harry Potter by now, and they must know enough to know that Harry and Ron's friendship is one of the best ones thought of in literature yet. They are a quirky, and hilarious pair. And while Harry is a great, prophesied wizard, Ron is just a goofy, dim witted ten who can't get anything right, and this compares to the whole aspect of opposites attract.
              As for my ideas of a creative project, alas, I have none. I would like to make a movie with someone but no one seems to be reading this book (Ha). Maybe a poster or something else, but you can rest assured knowing that it will be creative.