October 17‚ 2010 Bowling for Columbine Thesis Statements 1) The high casualties caused by guns are a result of how easy it is to obtain one. If policies were made stricter‚ casualties would go down. I do not agree with this because it would only affect the people who go to obtain their guns legally. If you really wanted one all you would have to do is steal it‚ so the policies would then have no effect on you. 2) Minorities and blacks are made to be scarier than they are because they
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A documentary film is one that aims to record real events or ideas in order to inform the viewer‚ present an opinion and generate public interest in a topics. There are many types of documentaries including: science‚ historical and social‚ nature and investigative. Documentaries in the past were strictly science or nature related. However in modern day documentaries are seen to be more for social interest and they engage the audience more‚ they are also seen to be more investigative as well. Historically
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shootings are a tragedy that is all too common‚ particularly in the USA. Michael Moore chose to delve a little deeper to find the possible causes of this‚ particularly in relation to the 1999 school shooting at the town of Columbine through the documentary Bowling for Columbine. Based on this documentary‚ the causes of the school shooting are due to the environment: primarily the United States’ violent history‚ then the abundance of guns in the country. The cause of the school shooting was not violent
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Columbine High School Tuesday‚ April 20‚ 1999‚ was a turning point in the lives of many Columbine students and families. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ two former students at Columbine High School‚ went to school on that day for one purpose‚ to annihilate the school building as well as the student body. Although Eric and Dylan’s bombs did not detonate‚ they still succeeded in destroying the lives and families of the twelve students and the one teacher that died. The Columbine High School shooting
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The use of satire used by Michael Moore in his docudrama “Bowling for Columbine” helps the audience engage on the concept of tackling serious issues like the Columbine massacre and the influences to enlighten or mirror the feelings of how and what society has on the thoughts of a particular environment. Moore uses a variety of technique‚ ranging from exaggeration‚ irony‚ parody and juxtaposition to reveal various answers to questions raised by the society involving the use of guns and to represent
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Background: In the small town of Littleton‚ Colorado‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered Columbine High School on Tuesday‚ April 20th‚ 1999 prepared to unleash havoc on the masses of the school. The two students had formulated a plan months before April 20th‚ part of the plan consisted of assembling bombs that were designed to destroy the cafeteria and the library. Furthermore‚ Harris and Klebold both took note of the amount of students that were inside the cafeteria at each time of the day so
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A Wider View on Michael Moore Behind the Camera Lens (Moore presented in the film wielding a gun) Following the massacre of Columbine High School‚ Colorado‚ controversial filmmaker Michael Moore‚ ventured into creating the societal criticism documentary that explored gun violence throughout the United States. The documentary Bowling for Columbine (2002)‚ directed‚ produced‚ and written by Moore‚ deconstructs the events of this massacre‚ other school shooting‚ American gun culture‚ media coverage
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Columbine High School Massacre On Tuesday‚ April 20 1999‚ Columbine High School located in Columbine Colorado an unfortunate massacre happened and many teens lost their lives. The two students responsible for this incident were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. These two senior students were responsible for killing twelve students and one teacher; they were also responsible for injuring an additional twenty one students on their rampage. A few other students were injured while trying to escape
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On April 20‚ 1999‚ two high school students by the names of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carefully and maliciously planned a massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado. They killed fifteen people‚ one being a teacher‚ and left twenty-three in need of hospitalization before finally turning their guns on themselves. This event influenced Elliot Aronson to write his book‚ Nobody Left To Hate‚ in hopes to educate people on why such travesties occur within our schools‚ andmost importantlywhat
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not the case as Columbine High School would end up being the site of a school shooting that would haunt the nation for years to come. Bowling for Columbine‚ is a documentary by Michael Moore covering the events that transpired at Columbine High School. After viewing Bowling for Columbine‚ I was shocked. Moore’s video examines a number of issues involving gun ownership. What follows is a summary of the points made in the film‚ my thoughtful reactions‚ and the aftermath of Columbine. There were a number
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