Youth Violence

I never gave a title to this piece... but it falls under the category of youth violence. I was influenced by the foreign film CITY OF GOD. It's sad to see little kids pack guns. Just to think about the power of a gun... does it lead to any good? its only a step closer towards death. The facial expression of the child's face is twisted, smiling but his eyes are almost crying. Youth and children are not mentally wise enough to carry a gun. In the film Lil Ze is obsessed with using his gun on any person he feels as a threat.. WHY? because all the big kids were rolling with guns and Lil Ze being a child, he did not know the implications of killing... he was just copying his role models. As a child you look up to your parents and adults. Yet, Lil Ze had nothing but the streets to look up to. Where are the head males in charge. The real question is where are those positive family loving fathers? It seems that in America and I know in Latin America, there is a loss of real fathers. Fathers that care for their children. Fathers that put the lives of their children before their own. Fathers that don't hit their children. Fathers that know how to love. This seed of love that fathers provide within the family is crucial to any child, it is a balance. A balance of having the love of a mother and the love of a father. When that balance is broken, what occurs?
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