Topic: music affecting crime and violence Topic of story: Michael and the music In Arenet Gardens, one of the least developed areas in Jamaica lives Michael Bennett. With Michael lives his poor Family, his mother a house wife, his father a and two younger brothers and sisters ages nine, ten, eleven and fourteen. Michael is seventeen years old. Michael spends most of his time at Kingston College, as he is a part of the school’s foot ball team, and also goes on frequent school camps for training. He and his favourite school friend make up the school’s most notorious gang called the “shatter gang”. Together they ‘grub’ seventh graders, bully school children, fight teaches, and plan “after school cool outs” where they meet, drink and listen to music. Day after day Mr. And Mrs. Bennett curses Michael about the same things. About his instances at school like, getting into trouble with teachers, receiving phone calls from parents about the trouble he makes with lower school children, smashing school windows, coming home late, and at home instances like bulling his own brothers and sisters. Michael never the less continues on the same page not caring less about what others may think. Michael’s main influence as, he himself says, is Reggae music. He states that “Reggae music is life. Without music life is boring, that’s why vibes Cartel and Movado haffi get di whole a fimi rating. Mi nah lie, if mi no play a reggae song at least five times a day mi depress, and it no matta whe mi deh a ear phone hafi deh a mi ears”. He said these words to me during lunch when I addressed him to remove those very ear phones, and to put his phone away. After wards he walked briskly away and shoved his phone in his pocket. I witnessed one incident with Michael. It was one very unlucky day for a ninth grader who mistakenly bumped into Michael while he was walking and minding his own business. One of his are phones slipped out as a result of the incident, and Michael was extremely mad....