Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Violence on the Tube', 1.
  • Essays 'Violence on the Tube', 2.
Extract

One Saturday morning many years ago, I was watching an episode of the 'Roadrunner' on television. As Wile E. Coyote was pushed off of a cliff by the Roadrunner for the fourth or fifth time, I started laughing uncontrollably. I then watched a 'Bugs Bunny' show and started laughing whenever I saw Elmer Fudd shoot Daffy Duck and his bill went twirling around his head. The next day, I pushed my brother off of a cliff and shot my dog to see if its head would twirl around.
Obviously, that last sentence is not true. Some people believe that violence on the tube is one of the main factors that…

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