Increasing Violence in Youth Culture In Bradbury's dystopian classic, Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse says “'I'm afraid of children my age. They kill each other'” (Bradbury 27). Bradbury states through Fahrenheit 451 that our society is becoming more and more violent in youth culture. Furthermore, common sense seems to dictate that as technology advances, violence also increases. Although schools are considered the safest place for children, the media, behavioral problems, and influences inside and outside the home have increased violence in our society. It is true that, due to the positive learning atmosphere, schools have been considered a safe place for many years. Even today, students and parents believe that schools are safe. If violence increased in youth culture, schools would be considered a dangerous place, but they still remain known as safe. Furthermore, security has increased dramatically, at airports, at major league sporting events, and police surveillance in American schools has been improved. Knowing this, a logical assumption would be that violence has decreased. However, in my opinion, youth culture is changing and as a result violence is increasing. The mass media is one of the main influences causing violence in youth culture. According to Hoffman, studies show that children experience an astonishing number of violent acts every hour spent watching television (Hoffman 11). Technological progress, such as video games and television, has led children to watch shows with numerous violent scenes. By making this comment, it can be deduced that violence is becoming a common and non-exceptional act from which we can learn that violence is an accepted act in our society (12). Personally I agree with Hoffman. I visited a website… in the middle of the newspaper… most taken from.” Works Cited Barbour, Scott, ed. How can violence at school be prevented? Greenhaven Press: Bonnie Szumski, 2005. Print.Bennett, Carolyn L. “The Gun and American Culture Kill America's Youth.” New York Beacon [New York, NY] November 26, 2003, volume 10:12. Ethnic NewsWatch. Network. April 10, 2014.Bowman, Darcia hams. “At school, a cruel culture”. Education Week 20.27 (2001):1. MasterFILEPremier. Network. April 7, 2014.Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon and Schuster Paperworks, 1953. Print.Hoffman, Allan M. “Combating the Culture of Violence in the Media.” Pediatrics for Parents 27.5/6 (2011): 11-13. Health Source - Consumer Edition. Network. 7 April 2014. "Violence in the media". Pediatrics 108.5 (2001): 1222. Health Source - Consumer Edition. Network. April 18, 2014.Titmus, Dawn and Robert Anderson, eds. Ethics and Values. Volume 2. Grolier Educational, 1999. Print.