At 11:19 on April 20‚ 1999 one of the worst tragedies involving kids occurred in Littleton‚ Colorado. Most people woke up to a day like any other except two teenagers‚ Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. They took guns with them to their school‚ Columbine High School‚ stood at the west entrance ready to shoot students. Thirteen people where killed by this incident and twenty were hurt. Then Dylan and Eric killed themselves‚ leaving us with the mystery of why they had done what they did. Dylan Klebold
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Bowling for Columbine Emily Organization: 1. Example: Many examples are used throughout this film to prove the overall thesis of Americans revolve around gun violence. For example‚ Moore went to a bank‚ opened up an account and received a free gun. This symbolizes the absurd love for guns Americans have. A bank handing out guns that people can turn around and rob the bank with is a terrible idea‚ but thats the logic of the United States. Kids growing up around violence can be influenced to try
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ssay on Family Yesterday‚ 22:02 in: Essay samples The question is to outline and critically evaluate the functionalist view that the typical family unit is nuclear. The other part of the question is to critically evaluate the work of Willmott and Young that suggests that the family is becoming increasingly symmetrical. In defining the symmetrical family according to Willmott and Young‚ males and females are becoming equal within the family. Willmott and Young also stated that there are three stages
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“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 viewed and my thoughtful
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The documentary “Bowling for Columbine” is an award-winning documentary directed by well-known filmmaker Michael Moore. The film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature‚ as well as an Independent Spirit Award‚ a Cesar Award and many others. This bold movie criticizes America’s large number of gun related deaths annually compared to other countries around the world. He discusses why America seems to have such a problem with violence and how it has led to tragedy’s involving firearms like
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Bowling for Columbine Bowling for Columbine has been written‚ directed‚ produced‚ and narrated by Michael Moore who has used a number of techniques to produce a piece of work about Americas fascination with guns and violence. This documentary discovers the reasons for the Columbine High School massacre along with further actions of violence in America. Moore emphasises on the background of gun violence and captures some of the communities’ views of the massacre and other associated problems. This
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Columbine Essay April 20th‚ 1999‚ Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris attacked at Columbine High School killing 13 and injuring 24 innocent people. Dylan and Eric had an inspiration; they wanted to beat the number of people that Timothy Mcveigh murdered in the Oklahoma City bombing. After the Columbine massacre‚ other shootings and suicides were inspired by or connected to Columbine. Although it seems that the Columbine massacre would only have negative effects on the world‚ there are some positive
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This is the societal reading of Bowling for Columbine‚ which is a narrative documentary directed by Michael Moore‚ and mainly talking about the shooting rampage in America‚ which the film focus on the Columbine campus event and the fear among American. Michael Moore is a famous film maker in America‚ who is politically very liberal. He is a “darling of the liberal left” and the “target of scorn from the conservative right”. His style of filmmaking has been considered a ‘revolutionary style’ of documentary
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Explain what is meant by ‘the myth of meritocracy’. (3) This refers to the Marxist view that the appearance that rewards are based on merit in education and society as a whole is not true – it is an example of false consciousness which makes society seem fair and inequalities seem justified. Suggest 3 ways in which education benefits society. (6) It promotes consensus by integrating students into the norms and values of society‚ such as teaching the value of punctuality
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Assess the functionalist view that religion benefits both society as a whole and its individuals (33 marks) For functionalists‚ society is a system of interrelated parts known as institutions‚ such as religion‚ the family and the economy. Each institution performs certain functions- each contributes to maintaining the social system by meeting a need. Society’s most basic need is the need for social order and solidarity so that its members can cooperate. For functionalists‚ what makes order possible
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