Confrontland Kinkle: Documentary Analysis
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Laura Casas
Christina Hale
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November 1 2014 Frontline Killer: Kipland Kinkle The Frontline documentary began showing images of past school shootings then transitioned to telling Kip Kinkles story. The narrator began with the facts, later breaking down
Kinkles life in detail, from childhood to current.The Frontline episode: Killer at Thurston High was inadequate, because the documentary not only interviewed just a few people in Kinkle’s life but also failed to elaborate on the factors such as, bullying and the psychological issues
Kipland Kinkle.
The film shows that Kipland Kinkle was the youngest in his family, born on August 30,
1982. He grew up in a nice neighborhood with parents who were well known in the …show more content…
His parents expected a lot from their kids since they were teachers. The documentary made it known that Kipling 's sister excelled in school and showed that Kip suffered from a learning disability diagnosed as dyslexia. This causes him to repeat first grade and fall behind all his friends. In the seventh grade Kip was caught ordering bomb books.
Kipland fell into the wrong crowd and by the time he was in eighth grade he was throwing rocks at cars. Kip’s parents struggled to contain his violent tendencies but they still complied to buy him guns. His gun collection began at the age of 12. In Leary, Kowalski, Smith and
Phillips’ article Teasing, Rejection, and Violence: Case Studies of the School Shootings it suggest that a typical school shooter had “conveyed an intense interest in guns, bombs or explosives...showed evidence of a psychological disorder prior to shooting (Teasing,
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Rejection, and Violence 205).” Kip’s father Bill, did not believe in therapy, but thanks to Kip’s mother, he began sessions with Dr. Jeffrey Hicks. In the film they mainly interviewed his sister, but not once were we introduced to Dr. Jeffrey Hicks. Dr. Hicks may have had a lot of input on Kiplands treatment and its effectiveness. The documentary also
Laura Casas
Christina Hale
English 111/112
November 1 2014 Frontline Killer: Kipland Kinkle The Frontline documentary began showing images of past school shootings then transitioned to telling Kip Kinkles story. The narrator began with the facts, later breaking down
Kinkles life in detail, from childhood to current.The Frontline episode: Killer at Thurston High was inadequate, because the documentary not only interviewed just a few people in Kinkle’s life but also failed to elaborate on the factors such as, bullying and the psychological issues
Kipland Kinkle.
The film shows that Kipland Kinkle was the youngest in his family, born on August 30,
1982. He grew up in a nice neighborhood with parents who were well known in the …show more content…
His parents expected a lot from their kids since they were teachers. The documentary made it known that Kipling 's sister excelled in school and showed that Kip suffered from a learning disability diagnosed as dyslexia. This causes him to repeat first grade and fall behind all his friends. In the seventh grade Kip was caught ordering bomb books.
Kipland fell into the wrong crowd and by the time he was in eighth grade he was throwing rocks at cars. Kip’s parents struggled to contain his violent tendencies but they still complied to buy him guns. His gun collection began at the age of 12. In Leary, Kowalski, Smith and
Phillips’ article Teasing, Rejection, and Violence: Case Studies of the School Shootings it suggest that a typical school shooter had “conveyed an intense interest in guns, bombs or explosives...showed evidence of a psychological disorder prior to shooting (Teasing,
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Rejection, and Violence 205).” Kip’s father Bill, did not believe in therapy, but thanks to Kip’s mother, he began sessions with Dr. Jeffrey Hicks. In the film they mainly interviewed his sister, but not once were we introduced to Dr. Jeffrey Hicks. Dr. Hicks may have had a lot of input on Kiplands treatment and its effectiveness. The documentary also