However‚ if a criminal is trying to harm ones family in a person’s own home‚ how does one defend them with a pillow? According to Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore‚ the militia members say‚ “cut out the middle man and take care of your family.” Waiting for the police to show up can be another route to take‚ but what happens if they take too long‚ should one risk their life and their families
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Cited: Bowling For Columbine. Dir. Michael Moore. Perf. Michael Moore. United Broadcasting‚ 2002. Documentary. Cobley‚ Paul. "Punk Rock: Madness in My Area." Scholar.vt.edu. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 5 Dec. 2012. <http://scholar.vt.edu/access/content/group/4f1a8e30-22cc-41b
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The United States has about 300 million people as of 2012‚ making it the third most populated country in the world. In today’s America‚ the Native Americans only make up about 1% of the American population. The other 99% are either immigrants or descendants of immigrants. The American people mostly reside of immigrants who originally came to America to seek freedom‚ independence‚ and the equality of opportunity. America a nation based on a multicultural society where a lot of subcultures come together
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Thomas H English 1a 10/31/2010 Media Portrays Violence In the world today with technology advancing so fast it’s hard to keep up with it all; but with the advancement of technology comes the extensive media exposure to viewers. Pretty much everyone is exposed to the media today whether it is television or internet the news can be accessed within moments. And the entertainment industry is no different furthering
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Whitney Bennett Jacqueline May English Composition 1 June 20 2015 10 Thesis Statements based on Michael Moore’s Documentary Film “Bowling for Columbine” Thesis #1: The United States have a higher murder rate with firearms than Canada‚ even though Canada have the same amount of guns as the U.S. The violent history of America contributes greatly in the crimes presented in our society. Response: I agree with this because Canada has more gun control than the United States
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To what extent does literature shape society? Human rights activist and Nation of Islam leader Malcom X once said “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent‚ and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses (Malcom X 1963). This claim invokes me to think about the extraordinary effect literature has had on shaping our society. I find it especially intriguing that entire countries can be ruled by the
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instance one day two men entered a school in columbine and killed 10 children and 2 teachers. This is completely unacceptable and the question arises who is to blame? The guns or the people. To illustrate this situation we can use the example of a knife. A knife can be used to cut fruits and vegetables‚ it can also be used to cut other people. Its purpose is up to us humans. Michael Moore has depicted this situation in his famous documentary‚ "Bowling for columbine." he blames the people of America for
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In material terms‚ the clothes that children wore to school were predicated upon their class status (Brunsma n. pag.) . Late in 1980‚ Washington‚ D.C.‚ mayor Marion Barry began discussing with his administration the possibility of a proposal of a standardized dress code for D.C.’s public schools. Prompted by incidents of violence in or near D.C. public schools‚ Barry figured that uniforms would help to remedy such situations. Not using the term "uniform‚" because it sounded too militaristic‚ he
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Gun violence in Canada and America are often compared‚ both countries allow citizens to own guns to a certain extent. Michael Moore who stars in “Bowling for Columbine” talks about how the two countries are so similar but gun violence isn’t a problem in Canada. Within the movie‚ Michael goes house to house in a canadian city called toronto unlocking people’s front doors‚ after hearing multiple responses he discovered that most Canadians aren’t worried about intruders. The news and media do not betray
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film making using a tones and editing styles.[17] The genre is not well-defined but might include works of early Soviet parliamentarians like Dziga Vertov‚ present-day filmmakers like Chris Marker‚ Agnes Varda‚ Michael Moore (Roger and Me‚ Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11)‚ Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line)‚ or Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me: A Film of Epic Proportions). Jean-Luc Godard describes his recent work as "film-essays".[18] Two filmmakers whose work was the antecedent to the cinematic
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