Bowling for Columbine: Oral Commentary Bowling for Columbine is a film by Michael Moore about the shooting at Columbine High School. Moore‚ using his average American persona‚ explores controversial issues such as gun control in American and the role of media in contributing to the culture of fear. He conveys his viewpoints as well as cultural perspectives through a range of different film techniques. Three of these techniques includeinterviews‚ archival footage and intertextuality. Interviews
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Police Department stated in a press conference that this occurrence was a tragic domestic conflict. One suspect was confirmed dead‚ and two other suspects were detained and taken into custody. Likewise‚ studies are showing that college campus shootings are more chronic as well as increasingly dangerous as of late‚ “with three times as many people injured or killed during the most recent five-year period‚ the New York City-based Citizens Crime Commission said”. Concurrently‚ the two foremost Presidential
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Bowling for Columbine: A Narrow View of a Complicated Story The Biased viewpoint of Michael Moore tears viewers away from the actual problem‚ and perhaps even the film’s intended message itself… Alexi Heazle The idea of a documentary being an artistic or even personalised expression of a director is long gone‚ or so it seems in recent times. In Michael Moore’s latest documentary‚ Bowling for Columbine‚ he attempts to get across to viewers his‚ and essentially only his point of view
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Anoop Mahal Dr. Gavin Paul English 1100‚ Section 15 29 June 2013 Critical Analysis #2 George Orwell’s essay‚ “Shooting an Elephant” details one of the most unforgettable moments in his life. He relives the period in his youth where he was stationed in Moulmein‚ Burma as a “sub-divisional police officer of the town” (472) Orwell explains how he was tasked with subduing a runaway elephant‚ which was rampaging through the town; Orwell ultimately found himself going against his will and having to
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Alexandria Ferlo History 101 November 18th 2013 Aurora Colorado Shooting July 20‚ 2013 The event I chose to talk about is the Aurora Colorado movie theatre shooting on July 20‚ 2012. The shooting killed 12 people and injured 58 others. James Holmes who is now 25 years old and was a former doctoral student in neuroscience. Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reasoning of insanity to his charged of murdering 12 people and attempting to murder dozens more. Holmes is currently awaiting
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countries that allow its citizens the right to have firearms. Due to this‚ there are many more gun related fatalities compared to other countries that do not allow their citizens to keep firearms. Bowling for Columbine‚ directed by Michael Moore‚ focuses mostly on one tragic even that happened at Columbine High School‚ and uses it in order to persuade viewers to side against National Rifle Association‚ which is a big pro-gun group‚ and the whole gun control issue. Moore makes the reason why the US has more
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Inside the Aurora Colorado Shooting On the night of July 20th‚ 2012 the term tragedy was rewritten as the largest mass shooting in United States history took place in a movie theater located in Aurora‚ Colorado. What is now known as “The Batman Massacre” resulted in twelve casualties‚ fifty eight injuries‚ grief ridden family members‚ and left the rest of the United States searching for answers. This horrific scene will be replayed in the minds of the survivors for life and will be one of grave
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Philando Castile was fatally shot four times by a US officer. His name was the 99th name of black males who were victims of police shootings in 2016. In 2015‚ 249 black males were shot. Since the start of 2017‚ 178 black males have been shot. (THE WASHINGTON POST DATABASE). A reoccurring trend is the disproportionate number of black males that are involved in police shootings‚ compared to their white counterpart. It is estimated that blacks are about 2.5 times more likely to get shot than whites (The
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Argument Analysis of “Shooting an Elephant” In the essay‚ Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell writes about his experiences as a British police officer in Burma‚ and compares it to the nature of imperialism. Orwell hates his job because imperialism has negatively affected him‚ as well as others around him. Orwell’; the white man is being treated very disrespectfully by the Burmese. Giving him a reason to hate his job as well as the British Empire; the root of everything. The situation of shooting of
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Perfesor. Michael Moore. Alliance Atlantis‚ Dog Eat Dog Films‚ Salter Street Films‚ United Broadcasting‚ 2002. DVD. This movie goes into deep investigation on the causes of mass shootings‚ particularly the Columbine incident. It goes over gun laws‚ guns in America and other countries‚ and possible causes for shootings. This movie is a professional documentary film which interviews several known people‚ such as Matt Stone‚ Charlton Heston‚ and Marilyn Monroe. This film is unbiased and has a lot of
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