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    upon the film Bowling for Columbine, which is an interactive documentary directed by Michael Moore (Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, Where to Invade Next). Michael Moore is an American filmmaker who also participates in other forms of the media such as screenwriting, journalism, acting, an author and is also a left wing activist. In this documentary, Moore brings the audience’s attention towards what he encourages to be the potential causes for the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre. This is accomplished as

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    October 2014 COMM 1000-05 Ms. Orozco Informative Speech Introduction Columbine, 1999, 15 dead. Sandy Hook, 2012, 28 dead. How many of you had ever have to practice different emergency drills in elementary school? For either earthquakes, fires, strangers on campus… Now how many of you have actually gone through the real thing? My topic is K-12 school shootings. We all have someone close to us who is in elementary, middle or high school that we care about. It could be a little sister, a nephew, a cousin

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    it allowed him to consider the biggest controversies surrounding the topic. Bowling for Columbine is a one of Moore’s famous documentaries, he decides to make this after the Columbine high school massacre that occurred in 1999. Something he looked for in this film was how the violence in the society has an impact on the children and how they would be different if raised in a safer area. In “ Bowling Columbine” Moore uses various codes and conventions to discuss the link between America's obsession

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    Taking a look at the Columbine high school shooting and the Virginia Tech University shooting, they followed different and similar situations. When these events occurred they both reached the record of worst mass shootings in U.S. history. On April 20, 1999, the Columbine shooting occurred early morning in which most of the students had already filled the school. The columbine shooters intentions to murder the students at the school were pre-meditated and were determined to destroy as much lives

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    As a hook in his article “When Life Imitates Video,” John Leo describes the Columbine High School massacre which took place near the city of Littleton, Colorado in 1999. Leo claims the actions taken by the teen shooters are due to the violent video games that* many young people play. The rest of his essay builds from this idea, arguing that violent video games desensitize players and encourages dangerous and delinquent behaviors in young children and teens. To effectively convince his target audience

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    Bowling for columbine is a documentary by Michael Moore made in 2002, a documentary that explores the situation that lead to the columbine high school massacre, which occurred on April 20th 1999 in Littleton Denver Colorado, involving the killing of 13 people and 20 more injured. 18 years old Eric Harris and 17 year old Dylan klebold from Michigan were responsible for this attack that broke hearts of all American citizen. The killers had planned to detonate a propane bomb in the school canteen, when

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    In the novel "Columbine" by Dave Cullen, Cullen addresses one of the worst acts of terrorism to ever happen in the nation. Cullen wrote this book to inform readers about what led to such a disturbing act and what the gunman's motive for committing such an act of crime. Cullen talks about the life of the high school before the shooting and he also discusses the lives of the two shooters pre-massacre. Cullen's purpose is to help readers understand and go in depth about how the school before, during

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    Arman, John F. “In the Wale Of Tragedy at Columbine High School.” Professional School Counseling 3.3 (2000): 218-220. Education Abstracts (H.W. Wilson). Web. 10 Nov. 2015. John Arman’s article discusses the reactions and emotions of the Columbine High School students and teachers as they face the days that proceed after the horrifying tragedy. The author also discusses different types of suffering the many who experienced the Columbine shooting face, such as survivor guilt, anger, overwhelming

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    For Columbine Review | Madeline Clarke A compelling documentary about the controversial issues of gun culture, violence, war and the media’s role in promoting fear within communities, Michael Moore’s Bowling For Columbine presents a range of modern day issues within American society. By merging together a variety of different film techniques within news reports, statistics, ironic and tense stunts and interviews, the documentary investigates the incidents leading up to the 1999 Columbine High School

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    Defense on our schools. Persuasive Essay Test. Imagine a school without defenses and police, that is how we live in the present with all the school shootings and massacres going on to students by students even no one feels safe parents may send kids to school and know their safe but they know their not over the present but it can be stopped, it may risk freedom of speech, but its more important we can live another day to make speechs. Schools aren't getting treated seriously, were not getting

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