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    Bowling for Columbine Emily Organization: 1. Example: Many examples are used throughout this film to prove the overall thesis of Americans revolve around gun violence. For example‚ Moore went to a bank‚ opened up an account and received a free gun. This symbolizes the absurd love for guns Americans have. A bank handing out guns that people can turn around and rob the bank with is a terrible idea‚ but thats the logic of the United States. Kids growing up around violence can be influenced to try

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    Bowling is‚ in my opinion‚ one of the toughest sports in the world. I know what you are saying. Bowling is easy. You don’t get tackled or hit. However‚ you do have to know a lot to become a good bowler. should learn is how to identify lane conditions. One day the lanes can be very dry where the ball hooks tremendously. Another day on the same lanes‚ the ball may not hook at all‚ showing that the lanes are oily. Next‚ a bowler should learn how to bowl in every condition. Everyone knows practice

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    Bowling for columbine -speech- I’m here to talk about Michael Moore’s film ‘Bowling for Columbine’ and some of the techniques that are used in the film. Michael Moore uses persuasive film techniques to position the audience to accept his version of the truth. Some of the techniques used by Michael Moore to position the audience are editing‚ sequencing and music. He uses them by editing parts of the film to marginalize the NRA and gun owners. He sequences the film into a certain position to make

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    Lam ENG 3U Ms. Teacher September 25th‚ 2014 Bowling for Columbine Michael Marshall once said “you can’t stop being afraid by pretending everything that scares you is there” that evidently means that fear is not real. It is the product of thoughts you create‚ however danger is real‚ but fear is a choice. When following Michael Moore’s journey in the documentary Bowling for Columbine‚ it is proven that most‚ if not all Americans live in fear. In doing so‚ he learns that the conventional answers

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    explosives‚ killing 12 students and a teacher‚ as well as injuring 21 others. The pair then committed suicide. This event was the inspiration for Michael Moore’s documentary Bowling For Columbine. In this film he tackles the issue of gun control in America and why they are so different to other countries around the world. Bowling for Columbine is a documentary style film which uses a standard medium shot throughout the entirety of the film. Medium shots are used in documentaries to give the viewer

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    Bowling For Columbine Essay In Bowling for Columbine‚ Michael Moore’s documentary film he proposes that the availability of guns is directly influencing the increasing gun related incidents that are taking place in the U.S. Furthermore‚ he points out that the media is manipulating these killings to create a culture of fear. Moore uses narrative elements and film language to persuade us to embrace his proposal while being entertained. The availability of guns in the U.S is causing

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    Bowling for Columbine. 1. Give a short summary of the movie. 2. What is your opinion about the NRA? 3. Give examples where Michael Moore uses humor or irony! 4. What is the difference between USA and Canada? 5. What is the “welfare to work” – program? 6. Describe what happened at the K-mart. 1. Short summary: “Bowling for Columbine” is a humorous and horrifying film about the United States. The director of the film Michael Moore asks a country‚ who has plenty of guns‚ where schools have detectors

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    What would drive two teenagers to comit such a horriffic tragedy as what happened at Columbine? In Bowling for Columbine director Michael Moore takes a look at gun violence in America and the causes behind such horriffic events that have led to Columbine. In the film Michael Moore explores the question "What makes the US have the most gun deaths than the rest of the world?" By exploring this Moore and his viewers explore a variety of reasons‚ The strongest point made by Moore is that largely

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    Putnam Investments faced difficulties in 2003 when it became a target of scrutiny investigation‚ because the firm was involved in the issues of market timing and late trading. By then‚ Lawrence Lasser had been the CEO of Putnam for almost 17 years. The culture of the company was built around hierarchy‚ individual achievement‚ and aggressive‚ sales-driven growth . Lasser’s daily small actions did affect the culture of the company and gradually the weak culture led to the difficulties faced by the

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    Name: Ms. Russo English 10 American Literature Introduction to The Crucible A Note taking Activity: Act 1 Overture Don’t forget to highlight your answers!! Directions – Read pages three through eight‚ which constitute Miller’s commentary and background on the play The Crucible. Then‚ fill in the blanks below with the missing information. Reverend _Parris_’s age is about mid-¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ 40s. Betty Parris is the Reverend’s daughter and she is 10 years old. He is no longer married

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