Background: In the small town of Littleton‚ Colorado‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered Columbine High School on Tuesday‚ April 20th‚ 1999 prepared to unleash havoc on the masses of the school. The two students had formulated a plan months before April 20th‚ part of the plan consisted of assembling bombs that were designed to destroy the cafeteria and the library. Furthermore‚ Harris and Klebold both took note of the amount of students that were inside the cafeteria at each time of the day so
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to Megan McArdle‚ “Since 1982‚ there have been at least 62 mass shootings* across the country‚ with the killings unfolding in 30 states from Massachusetts to Hawaii. Twenty-five of these mass shootings have occurred since 2006‚ and seven of them took place in 2012.” Violence in schools as well as the country is on the rise at an alarming rate‚ raising questions about gun control. After viewing the documentary Bowling for Columbine‚ I was intrigued. What follows is a summary of the documentary
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Bowling for Columbine Introduction When I first heard the name of the film; ‘Bowling for Columbine’‚ I thought this was a movie only about the Columbine High School Massacre in year 1999. I was wrong about it. This movie is much more than that; he dug for the truth – how come the massacre happened. I will be focusing on how the movie is build up‚ how he gets the attention‚ because I have never seen anything a exciting documentary before. Main Ideas In this documentary it is the real
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effective for his audience because he is showing the truth about how the paramedics. After reading this article Paramedics are taught not to risk their lives after the mass shootings‚ they are talking about that paramedics staying back out of the hot zones because it is to dangers for them after a mass shooting. In Columbine school shooting in Littleton‚ Colo in 1999‚ and the paramedics would not go in to save lives unless the swat team has cleared the place before they went in only because they don’t want
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What is the true killer within the United States? Can we blame shameful homicides upon one organization‚ person‚ or even topic? Within the movie Bowling for Columbine‚ creator Michael Moore expands your thoughts and fears of violence. He presents the fear of the United States as being a violent country that is full of citizens idolizing incompetent idols. While watching the film‚ it is evident that he introduces many themes and characters to prove the aggression and terror. When is a child too
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Michael Moore’s ‘Bowling for Columbine’‚ the film which won an Oscar for best documentary‚ is not in fact a documentary‚ but rather more of a persuasive essay in film format. The widely accepted definition of ‘documentary’ is a film emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings‚ insertion of fictional matter‚ and minimal editting‚ and ‘Bowling for Columbine’ does not show any of these characteristics. Instead of presenting a neutral view of the issues‚ it is
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“Shooting an Elephant” In “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell is not liked by the Burmese people because he is the representation of their oppressors‚ the British. He gets his chance to be the hero when an elephant gets loose and causes destruction and the people need him to kill the beast. What would have happened if he didn’t shoot the elephant? Why Orwell feel so awful about killing the elephant? Orwell decides to kill the elephant‚ but does he do it for the right reason? In Orwell’s essay
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On April 20th‚ 1999 at Columbine High School‚ Colorado‚ Two students: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebald stormed the school grounds with two semi-automatic rifles and home made 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
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Shooting an Elephant Summary: Set during the early 1900’s‚ the narrator recount his experiences as an English police officer stationed in Burma. He often describes that the British presence there were greatly despised and that he himself has been a target multiple times by the Burmese people. “As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so.” (229) Being there to do the dirty work of the British empire‚ the narrator gets to see what imperialism really
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Narration: “Shooting an Elephant” To narrate is to describe an experience or a story that is linked in time. An effective narration “usually relates a sequence of events that led to new knowledge or had a notable outcome” (Aaron 60). George Orwell uses narration in “Shooting an Elephant” to support his thesis that imperialism is an immoral relationship of power because it compels the oppressor to act immorally to keep up appearances that he is right‚ just like his experience of shooting an elephant
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