Without falling into jingoism or being over-sentimental‚ Robert Pinsky’s poem "9/11" generates a commendable ode to the spirit that drives this country‚ in addition to revealing the American culture for what it truly is enthusiastic and frivolous‚ courageous and fallible‚ petty and resilient. For most Americans‚ September 10th is Before‚ and everything since is After. Citizens from every state across the U.S. responded immediately to the attacks by giving blood and donating much-needed items
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to gain vital information through discarded phones that were still on call with 911 by listening to conversations and exchanges between the shooters and other victims (LiveLeak‚ Columbine Massacre). Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered the school at 11:09a.m. and had committed suicide by 12:08. Knowing virtually nothing‚ the press descended on the school by 12:30p.m. Watching the massacre unfold they reported anything they saw or heard. The news stations often interviewed students who had fled from
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The image is of 9/11. 9/11 took place on September 11 2001 and was in Manhattan‚ New York. The attack was a terrorist attack on the United States and was targeted at the twin towners in the heart of Manhattan. 2 planes were hijacked and sent straight into the 2 towers causing fire in each then causing the towers to collapse. The entire ordeal left over 2996 people dead and thousands of people injured. The attack was done by al-Qaeda and controlled by Osama Bin Laden. I have selected the image because
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Documentary Style: 4 Little Girls vs. Bowling for Columbine Two documentaries that use two different styles of portraying bombings are 4 Little Girls and Bowling for Columbine.4 Little Girls by Spike Lee is a documentary on the 1963 Birmingham bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. This bombing is infamous for the killing of 4 innocent little black girls. Spike Lee uses his style to portray the feelings of the families of these girls as well as influential leaders during this time. Bowling
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The books‚ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ and Feed by M.T. Anderson‚ each describes a dystopian future where technology is dominant‚ and literature is close to extinction. In these futures‚ technology causes humans to dumb down. While societies strict social standards creates each person to be similar to one another‚ allowing groups to be manipulated easier. The books have a similar theme; don’t let technology get out of control. In Fahrenheit 451’s future‚ technology overtakes literature and human
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Imagine a world where books where illegal and if someone gets caught with them the books would be set on fire. The most common theme found in the novel Fahrenheit 451 is the idea of censorship. In this dystopian society Montag‚ the protagonist in the story if a fireman‚ not like one we would think of today someone that puts out fires. Montag’s job is to start them; firemen in this society are to start fires to houses that contain books in them. But If the same laws applied in our society there would
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Bowling for Columbine Introduction When I first heard the name of the film; ‘Bowling for Columbine’‚ I thought this was a movie only about the Columbine High School Massacre in year 1999. I was wrong about it. This movie is much more than that; he dug for the truth – how come the massacre happened. I will be focusing on how the movie is build up‚ how he gets the attention‚ because I have never seen anything a exciting documentary before. Main Ideas In this documentary it is the real
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Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine is a deceiving‚ manipulative‚ over exaggerated film. Even though it fits the definition of a documentary by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‚ it doesn’t deserve an Oscar Award for stretching out the truth so far. Michael Moore shows his trustworthiness through his films with the way he dresses like the everyday American. His baseball cap‚ casual t-shirt and jeans make us believe he’s just like us. In his film‚ he does go out to Buell Elementary
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This Novel takes place somewhere in the twenty fourth century.It is about a “fireman” named Montag living in a so called futuristic society where ironically the firemen start the fires instead of putting them out.In this dystopian society‚ Montag gets paid to burn books upon discovery due to the fact that they are banned.Montag however never questions anything until the day that he meets Clarisse. Clarisse is a seventeen year old girl who recently moves next door to Montag. Clarisse is very open
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Beginning from a young age‚ Michael Moore had always been a bit opinionated. Even though he was just the age of 18 years-old‚ he had already began writing his thoughts on the cruel injustices and consequences of capitalism. He was also a well-respected in his community because at the same age he had been chosen to as a member of the school board. Despite the fact that everyone seemed to be going with the flow‚ Michael decided to take a step back and really look at what the world around him was at
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