Gus Van Sant’s Elephant was at once critically praised and denounced by both film reviewers and filmgoers alike. The cinematography takes you on a waltz throughout a seemingly typical day at an unnamed high school‚ stopping through the journey to focus on the stereotypes of school. The jock‚ the quirky artist‚ the cliqued girls‚ the skateboarder‚ they are all represented and representative of his film. Van Sant created a film‚ seemingly without a staunch opinion on the horrors of the Columbine
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(FBI) Crazy right? Under ⅓ of the population committing over half the murder. This is the problem not being brought to light; not police’s justified shootings. Police do not unfairly target minorities. Some say that police shootings are unjustified. While it is true that some police attack people unfairly‚ it is not fair to say that all shootings are unjustified. Police get a call and they chase after the criminal in question or whoever fits the description of the call. After they have located
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Fort Hood Shooting The Fort Hood massacre‚ like all things‚ has a before‚ a during‚ and an after. Before the shooting‚ people were going about their day as if nothing were new. During the shooting‚ people became the people they were meant to become. After the shooting‚ people felt the pain of loss; they thanked God‚ and they moved on. “I just thank God he missed me” (CNN). “Unit at Fort Hood deploying a month after shootings” (Fox). The morning before the shooting took place‚ everyone woke up
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There have been around 715 people that have been shot by police alone in 2016. Police violence in the US has become a major point of interest recently due to the amount of shootings. In recent news there have been many reports of police shooting and/or killing black men‚ which has led to movements such as the black lives matter movement‚ a movement working for the validity of black lives. Although there are points made to support both sides of the story‚ I feel that the police are to blame for the
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Although no one enjoys to hear about it‚ school shooting are sadly a realistic possibility throughout the world. Many innocent children and teachers have lost their lives and become victims of such hateful crimes across our country as well as the entire world. Furthermore‚ the majority of schools do take precautions in order to help prevent such tragedy‚ however‚ this is often times not enough. The mental scarring in which individuals who undergo the horrific event is highly traumatizing. Nobody
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On Eating Elephants When I was younger‚ I compared my grandfather to that of an elephant‚ 13 feet tall‚ 15‚400 pounds‚ and a heart weighing up to 46 pounds. A big‚ broad‚ vulnerable creature‚ towering over the rest of the family. Ten months of hairy cell leukemia‚ a rare strand of the already rare strand of chronic lymphotic leukemia claiming his body made him so small‚ just skin and bones. My best friend sat 205 miles away over Skype and asked: “How do you get rid of an elephant in a room?” I imagined
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sport. However‚ because of the rise in crime rate and the fight to conserve our right to bear arms this has become a very hot topic‚ prompting national debate. When I began researching gun control the first information I found was about school shootings. ‘The Academy for Critical Incident Analysis at John Jay College of Criminal Justice reports 294 attempted or actual school killings with at least two victims over 250 years in the U.S. and 37 other countries.’ I agree‚ and understand these numbers
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Gun controversy With all the shootings and bombings that has happened in the past year. There are a lot of people that thinks that guns would be best if they would be taken away. If the guns would be taken away that would be taking an American right that no one can take away other than yourself. I’m all for safety but I think everyone should keep their guns. “In America‚ there are approximately 270 million firearms possessed by civilians‚ and only 897‚000 carried by police.” Banding guns altogether
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These are just a few examples of tragic mass shootings that have plagued the United States in recent years. But Why? Is it because the gun Laws in this country are too lax? And Guns are just too accessible? I say No‚ there is greater issue at hand than America’s gun laws thus‚ any amount gun control legislation will not stop the gun violence and we must vote against it. Too often gun control proposed as thee solution to stop all the tragic mass shootings. I disagree‚ infringing on the right of Americans
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Landon Summers Creative Writing Period 8 Argument #2 Final draft December 29‚ 2012 The Unfortunate Accident Arthur McArthur‚ husband to Queenie McArthur‚ was pronounced dead on June 6‚ 1954 from a head injury which he sustained from falling down his stairs. Arthur’s lifeless body was discovered by his wife Queenie around 1:30 AM‚ when she had arrived home late from a party dressed in a decadent black dress. During the autopsy of Arthur’s body it was discovered that he copious amounts of
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