ALICIA WILSON TARA STALLMAN CW 3 03/ 19/13 Bowling Leagues Sports are an area of immense pride for the many people around the world because it gives a person a strong sense of achievement and pride.Bowling is one of the most popular sports in the world which has resulted in group events where several teams bowl against each other‚ commonly known as bowling leagues .These leagues have in turn resulted in formation of bowling subcultures which incite great friendship‚ act as a break from
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Everybody loves to knock things over. Now what if I said you could knock over some pins make a game out of it? Would you be interested? This game would be called bowling. Bowling isn’t always as easy as it seems. Before you can know how to play‚ it may be a good idea to know some background of the game. Bowling was first played by the Germans in the third century. Every German peasant had a kegal‚ which was a small club. They carried it for protection. They would place it on the ground and roll
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my choice was bowling. While reading the rules for the Special Olympics sport and the traditional way‚ I noticed that equipment is very different. For the Special Olympics bowling ball MUST have a serial number and if it’s no longer identified‚ then it CANNOT be used for the game. Compared to the traditional all that is needed from the bowling ball is two or three finger holes; most bowlers use the three-holed ball‚ inserting the two middle fingers and the thumb into the holes. Bowling shoes must be
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BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE "BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE"‚ DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MOORE‚ DEALS WITH THE PROBLEMS OF GUN CRIME IN AMERICA. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS FILM IS TO PERSUADE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR IDEAS ABOUT GUNS AND GUN LAWS. MOORE CONSTANTLY REFERS TO OTHER COUNTRIES SUCH AS CANADA AND THEIR GUN POLICIES TO BACK UP HIS ARGUMENTS FOR INCREASED GUN REGULATION. HE IS SUCCESSFULLY ABLE TO COUNTER ARGUE ANY REASON GIVEN BE PRO-GUN SUPPORTERS AS TO THE REASON WHY AMERICA HAS THE HIGHEST GUN RELATED
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VISUAL TEXT – “Bowling for Columbine” Question: It is the director’s purpose to manipulate the audience to the point where they feel uncomfortable. “Bowling for Columbine” directed by Michael Moore‚ is a well-directed documentary that informs people about gun violence in America. Michael Moore is successful in showing that America has been going through many gun tragedies; and portrays the sense that America’s problems are out of control. He conveys this through statistics‚ archival footage‚
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and conventions of a documentary ( Voiceover‚ Archival footage‚ “real footage”‚ Interviews with ‘Experts’‚ use of text‚ Sound [music used‚ background noises]‚ set-ups‚ visual coding) The documantry being analised‚ what it’s about and the director (Bowling for columbine‚ Reasoning behind the columbine massacre and other gun related violence in the United States‚ Directed and narrated by Michael Moore. • Audience and purpose 6 characteristics Age (18-30) Gender (Male and Female) Race (Caucasian)
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Bowling for Columbine One of the most important goals director Michael Moore set for himself was to deliver a plethora of insightful and through interviews. Throughout all these interviews‚ a common theme that Moore sought to address was regarding gun control. More specifically‚ he sought to inform his viewers of the different sides and perspectives people take about guns‚ and how they are handled. Naturally‚ when Michael Moore interviewed citizens from Michigan about such a tense subject‚ the
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any order desired. By doing such things‚ a very plain portion of footage can be used to argue an idea. In the movie‚ "Bowling for Columbine‚" Michael Moore is a genius when it comes to his editing choices concerning Charlton Heston and the NRA. Using a few well placed insert shots Moore is able to bring the attention away from Heston long enough to change around parts of his speech and shorten dialogues. By means of crosscuts he is able to make it seem as if though Heston is talking insensitively
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resulting in the decrease of Social Capital in America. On one hand in Putnam’s Article “Bowling Alone”‚ the decline of civic engagement in citizens like voting is large with no signs of improvement‚ so the issue needs to be addressed in order to analyze the factors and find solutions to problems such as how to build more trust in the community. On the other hand‚ in Putnam’s more updated article “Still Bowling Alone”‚ the event everyone knows as the 9/11 terrorist attack has had a huge impact on the
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Bowling A Popular American Sport By: Christine McGowan What is bowling? Bowling is a sport in which players attempt to score points by rolling a bowling ball along a flat surface in order to knock down objects called pins. History Bowling is said to have started around 3200 B.C. by the Egyptians‚ but that is not for certain. What is certain is that there are many different forms of the game played around the world. The first permanent location was in
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