A Pentadic Analysis on Gun Violence in the media

For this analysis I chose to examine the artifact of the movie, The Boondock Saints. This movie presented a unique interpretation of how guns could be used positively in order to benefit society. The benefit to society that this movie portrayed was protection. The vigilantes in the movie took it upon themselves to bring justice to the criminals of the city through executing them. The vigilantes felt that it was their duty to this because the justice system was corrupt and frequently let the most severe criminals back on the street. In this movie the vigilantes bring justice to many criminals that have committed many crimes, among these crimes, include gun violence related crime. The method for my analysis is a Pentadic analysis. I related particularly the last scene in the movie to Burke's five elements of the Pentad. The five elements of the Pentad include: act, agent, agency, scene. and purpose. After relating the final scene of The Boondock Saints to Burke's five elements of the Pentad I identified the key ratio. The key ratio in this scene was Act-Purpose. The explanation for the act was purpose driven. The act in this scene was justified because the agents purpose was to bring justice to the criminals. and also to inspire the public to speak out about crime and criminals of the city so that they get the justice they deserve. and the people are safe.  This movie presented that guns could be used in a positive way by using it to protect yourself and others. Therefore, we could prevent, or reduce gun violence related crime by using guns positively, for protection against those who choose to use them to cause harm.