Violent Media is Good for Children, by Gerard Jones, is an article that makes many claims in support of the thesis that a controlled amount of violence could be beneficial for a young, developing child. While the topic of this article may be controversial, the claims serve to support the thesis in several noteworthy ways. It is written in such a way that it tells a story, which begins when the author was a child and continues into his adulthood. In this case the author uses what I believe is the correct amount of each rhetorical strategy and fulfills his goal for writing the article. This topic is interesting and at the same time effective. Throughout the analysis process logos, ethos and pathos are sought and examined. Sure, Jones appears to only use one source for his article, that doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't state any evidence or logos. The entire article is Jones's evidence and the source is himself, because the article is a story of the author's involvement with violent media. Jones had no need to search for information when he now had all the knowledge on the subject from his own life. Jones begins by recalling events from his childhood, when his parents did not want him to be exposed to violence in the 1960s and isolated him from pop culture (Jones para. 1). He is providing readers with background information, which ultimately adds up to how he knows so much about the topic. As a child, he wanted anything to escape the disbelief and pain when he was trapped in a small school, which seemed unusual to him (Jones para. 1). He uses his childhood later in life, as a logo to support his claims. The statements he made demonstrate that he is right that a lack of violent media can deprive a child. Later in his childhood, he recalls, “The character who captured me and freed me was the Hulk” (Jones par. 4). This provides logical evidence that once exposed to a moderate amount of violence, he was