Kaitlin Wilson The Art & Craft of Writing September 24‚ 2012 “Bowling for Columbine” Review Sometimes the best tool for questioning a social problem is humor - which is exactly what Michael Moore does in "Bowling for Columbine." This is not a movie about guns or violence or television‚ but about culture. Using the Columbine school shooting as his hook‚ Moore attempts to find answers as to why American culture is saturated in violence and fear. Moore is a director who isn’t afraid to ask
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complained about minor aches‚ her biggest compromise to the aging process was reducing the weight of her bowling ball and accepting her declining bowling game score. Schneider would continually remind his mother to be satisfied with her level of play‚ but she was still determined to bowl a game of 200. Therefore‚ she bought a heavier bowling ball. Schneider called his mother shortly after she began bowling with her new ball. He could tell in her voice that something really big happened‚ and it had. To his
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the number of Germans killed with a gun‚ which is the closest statistic country to the U.S. Why is there so much gun violence in the U.S? What is so different in the U.S. that gun crime is so prevalent? What can we do to change it? All questions Bowling for Columbine poses in the film documentary by Michael Moore. Like the documentary‚ there is not one simple answer and there are no easy solutions. Viewing this film for the first time‚ I learned how appalling gun violence is in the United States
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cover a vast range of activities‚ such as athletics‚ bowling‚ basketball‚ soccer‚ etc. Any game or competition that is designed to test physical skill is considered a sport; hence the list of sports can go on endlessly. In the past‚ all these were only very simple games‚ but they have evolved tremendously over the years and now‚ have become very professional sports‚ with many high-tech equipment to boost the sportsman’s performance. Take bowling for example; it dates all the way back to 5200 BC in
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society have had an impact on the change. There are large commercialist pressures for documentary to become more entertaining and engaging to capture a wider cinema going audience. Documentary has become increasingly popular. Documentaries such as Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore have been given numerous awards and were widely popular at the box office. The Grey Gardens is a 1975 documentary by Albert and David Maysles. The film depicts the lives of a socialite mother and daughter living
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The movie Bowling for Columbine has shown sorrow and happiness to the viewers. It shows the ugly things that happen in the world‚ but it also showed the changes that have been made so far. It shows how all the good in the world is slowly disappearing and turning into fear. Most people travel to work‚ schools‚ and many other places in fear of not being sure what kind of danger will appear before their eyes. When people are in their homes they make sure they lock their doors because they know if they
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of the Ritger Bowling Method Joshua Amundsen Mrs. Berg CAPSTONE Class Abstract Dick Ritger is known worldwide for his Ritger Method‚ but does it really even come close to competing with the basic four step method? Ritger Method goes in depth within your own style of bowling. Basic Method is very strict and has you do a four step approach along with perfection within their method. Analysis of the Ritger Bowling Method Professional Bowlers Association and American Bowling Congress’ Hall
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accessible‚ the workers have to get on "work vans" to travel long distances. Either parents then have to pay more money to sitters or the kids are spending even more time without their parents. ; thus creating more problems than solutions. In the film Bowling for Columbine‚ Michael Moore shows us where the welfare to work program goes wrong. In a rural area of Flint‚ Michigan a mother was in welfare to work program. She traveled long distances‚ worked long hours‚ and still barely made living wages. The
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challenging competitors. He remained physically active in the years that followed and spent many evenings and weekends coaching his son Adam’s Little League baseball team. He continued to challenge himself to learn new skills‚ as when he took up bowling and practiced regularly until he was good enough to join a league. Six months ago‚ Tim suffered a stroke while he was taking his morning jog. Immediately afterward‚ much of the right side of Tim’s body was paralyzed and he was having great
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kevin chen Mr. Gulack English 1‚ period 7 24 May 2011 Creative myth Before days‚ people were as tall as mountains. They walked on everything they come across. But one day there was a hero named Wu Long. He had killed lots of villains and has saved the people in the country. He had control of two powers that had been pasted to him by his family. One is the “fire eternal flame”. That could kill anyone if you’re the target. Also the other power he had is o He had two types of secret weapon
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