Violence_Is_Not_Innate

Violence Is Not Innate Violence has been with us from the dawn of history and only becomes a larger problem. Before newspapers, radios, or TV’s signaled us to the presence of violence and before police and prisons protected us from those who practiced it, violence was around. The first violent act ever committed and reported was that of Cain when he killed his brother Abel. Cain only killed his brother out of jealousy, not because he was born to commit all forms of violence. When we look back at the prehistoric species of man, scientists have proven that primitive men killed their enemies out of rage or for protection. Through his childhood experiences, Geoffrey Canada persuades readers that violence does not come innately. Canada’s earliest memories of learning to use violence taught him that he would only survive if he fought with other children. Through Canada’s experiences, we learn that it is not instinct that drives us to commit atrocities but our culture. Geoffrey Canada illustrates the urban America’s culture of violence by proving that children learn violence because of the environment they grew up in. The economic status that Canada and his family were living in prevented them from living violence, canada, geoff, children, because, violent, mike, parents, jacket, experiences, back, through, people, out, new, never, mother, man, fighting, brother, bronx, age, young, urban, time, students, own, learned, killed, however, hitting, himself, having, going, geoff’s