October 17‚ 2010 Bowling for Columbine Thesis Statements 1) The high casualties caused by guns are a result of how easy it is to obtain one. If policies were made stricter‚ casualties would go down. I do not agree with this because it would only affect the people who go to obtain their guns legally. If you really wanted one all you would have to do is steal it‚ so the policies would then have no effect on you. 2) Minorities and blacks are made to be scarier than they are because they
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across. The possibilities are endless; dialogues can be shortened‚ scenes can be added or cut‚ or even switched around to be in 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
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Moore chose to delve a little deeper to find the possible causes of this‚ particularly in relation to the 1999 school shooting at the town of Columbine through the documentary Bowling for Columbine. Based on this documentary‚ the causes of the school shooting are due to the environment: primarily the United States’ violent history‚ then the abundance of guns in the country. The cause of the school shooting was not violent media or mental illnesses. America’s violent foreign policy can be considered
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The Wallingford Bowling Center Case Question 1 The steps in the decision making process are; Identifying and diagnosing problems‚ generating alternative solutions‚ evaluating alternatives‚ making the choice‚ implementing the decision‚ and evaluating the decision. In using and applying these concepts to this case‚ with the first step we identify the major problem with the bowling center which is that the profit pool is too low at the end of the year and that capacity and sales needs to be increased
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Bowling for columbine is a biased‚ deceptive and misleading documentary created by Michael Moore‚ detailing how gun legislation is the main cause for crime in America. Documentary is an undeserved title that Moore has falsely claimed‚ as stated in Farlex dictionary‚ a documentary is‚ and I quote‚ “Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter”‚ which Moore has consistently done. Good afternoon‚ my name is Tim Geldard‚ and I am a spokesperson for the NRA‚ protector
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“Documentary as a concept or practice occupies no fixed territory‚ It mobilizes no finite inventory of technique‚ addresses no set number of issues‚ and adopts no completely known taxonomy of forms‚ styles‚ or modes” (Nichols‚ 1991) Documentary was born thanks to the Lumiere brothers in 1895. In the beginning‚ it was just raw footage of normal life which were named ‘Actualities’. Today‚ the concept has grown into that of the Documentary – in which the filmmakers look to capture reality and usually
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Belonging can be either positive or negative‚ when you belong to a group you have a sense of security and being in a connection with other group members‚ when you are not connected you fill misfit and always in fear. This is shown in the documentary bowling for columbine by Michael Moore that shows American society and how different people react when they belong or not belong and what do they do to solve it. Michael Moore trains his humorous eye on America’s obsession with guns and violence in his
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Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources Callahan‚ C.M. ‚ et al.‚ “Urban High School Youth and Handguns: A School-based Survey‚” Journal of the American Medical Association‚ June 10‚ 1992‚ p. 3038. This Article is about gun violence within our schools. This article aims to address this issue by looking at the cause of the problem. First it points out the lack of morals and values in young adults and children. One of the main causes given
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Bowling for Columbine is a documentary that focuses on primary causes for the Columbine Highschool Massacre which took place on April 20‚ 1999. The documentary also talks about the violence of guns. The director took focus on the background as well as the environment in which the massacre took place and public opinion. The background to the title refers to the two students who are responsible for the shooting which is Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. The day of the massacre Dylan and Eric attended
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Bowling For Columbine starts with archival footage of the National Rifle Association. It is included to imply that the film is endorsed by the NRA but as the footage is in black and white‚ compared to the rest of the film it seems that Moore has already begun positioning us. This archival footage implies that the NRA is outdated and the inclusion is therefore seen as another form of irony or social satire. A short sequence then plays with Moore narrating‚ showing milkmen‚ farmers doing their everyday
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