Positive Changes Brought Out Through Violence

       Violence, it has been a part of every living creature since the beginning of time. It is human instinct to defend yourself, to survive, and most of the time; survival is brought out through violence. Many people argue that violence is not nor ever will be the answer, and although I do agree with this in some situations; it can still be argued that violence can be beneficial in some situations when it comes to avoiding worse or more severe violence later.

            In the French Revolution, King Louis the Sixteenth and his wife Marie Antoinette ruled France in such a way that left their country starving to death while they lived a very comfortable and extravagant life. They would spend large sums of money on things like jewelry, clothing, and furniture; leaving nothing for the starving people of France. Taxes were set so high for the lowest class of people that it was only a matter of time before a rebellion. Soon enough, France did rebel and King Louis and Marie Antoinette were executed, although this was a violent way to end the reign of King Louis the Sixteenth; I believe it was necessary to save the lives of everyone else in France. A violent end was inevitable in this situation, so it was better

            When Julius Caesar was dictator of the Roman Republic, he was overthrown and assassinated by some of his closest confidants, it was gruesome and very violent, he was stabbed to death by a group of Roman Senators. Caesar didn't necessarily do something to harm others but he was still a dictator. I’m very conflicted about the use of violence in this way, because in my opinion, violence should be used to prevent more violence in the future, yet I don’t believe many people were in physical harm when he ruled, yet violence was needed because Julius Caesar would not have just stepped down.

            In situations like the second World War, I don’t believe violence was the answer at all. The Second World War was a dark time, so many innocent people lost their lives, and the United States had a role in the loss of thousands upon thousands of people. In 1939, the US began work on the Manhattan Project, it was meant to be a response to the attack the Japanese made on Pearl Harbor  yet the US took things to extreme levels. Two nuclear bombs were created to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; two cities in Japan, and in 1945, these two bombs were dropped, killing over 60,000 innocent people. Violence should never be used to harm any innocent person, which these bombs did.

            Violence is a difficult thing to think about. It can be thought of in a positive way, like to stop rulers like King Louis the Sixteenth, or Julius Caesar, however it can also be used to crush innocent people, like in the nuclear bombings in Japan. I believe that most times, harming another person is inexcusable, yet sometimes in a defensive way, violence can be used to create a positive change and outcome.