Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine. Dir. Michael Moore. 2002. Film.
Bowling for Columbine: An Analysis
Rehana Hasan
Emily Stull
GOVT 2301
Fall 2012
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The documentary Michael Moore has produced is addressing the notorious violence in the United States of America with regards to guns and violence. It also encompasses how the massacre in Columbine was able to be carried out while the teenaged boys involved in the incident should not have had access to guns. America has the most highest rates of homicide compared to other industrialized nations. Michael Moore is determined to explore the reasons as well as to draw conclusions of the unnecessary bloodshed that occurs in America. According to Moore, there doesn’t seem to be a clear reasoning of why other cultures that share similar lifestyles and violence issues as America do not suffer the equivalent carnage. There are facts that support that the U.S. has the highest number of gun-related killings on Earth. While undergoing this process, Micheal Moore comes to know that the easy access to guns for anybody and everybody, the history of violence in the United States, and the reality of violent entertainment in addition to violent poverty do not give an explanation for violence; the reality is that these factors are prevalent worldwide but the statistics for annihilation in other countries are not even near the statistics for the United States. Michael Moore further explores the American culture consisting of intolerance, abhorrence, and aggression in a nation of boundless ownership of guns so as to come up with a legitimate definition.
In order to arrive at a possible explanation, Michael Moore takes on a deeper examination of America's culture of fear, bigotry and violence in a nation with widespread gun ownership.
Michael Moore’s documentary Bowling for Columbine examines the culture of guns and violence in the United States in order to obtain insight into how massacres like the
Bowling for Columbine: An Analysis
Rehana Hasan
Emily Stull
GOVT 2301
Fall 2012
Word Count:
Annotation:
The documentary Michael Moore has produced is addressing the notorious violence in the United States of America with regards to guns and violence. It also encompasses how the massacre in Columbine was able to be carried out while the teenaged boys involved in the incident should not have had access to guns. America has the most highest rates of homicide compared to other industrialized nations. Michael Moore is determined to explore the reasons as well as to draw conclusions of the unnecessary bloodshed that occurs in America. According to Moore, there doesn’t seem to be a clear reasoning of why other cultures that share similar lifestyles and violence issues as America do not suffer the equivalent carnage. There are facts that support that the U.S. has the highest number of gun-related killings on Earth. While undergoing this process, Micheal Moore comes to know that the easy access to guns for anybody and everybody, the history of violence in the United States, and the reality of violent entertainment in addition to violent poverty do not give an explanation for violence; the reality is that these factors are prevalent worldwide but the statistics for annihilation in other countries are not even near the statistics for the United States. Michael Moore further explores the American culture consisting of intolerance, abhorrence, and aggression in a nation of boundless ownership of guns so as to come up with a legitimate definition.
In order to arrive at a possible explanation, Michael Moore takes on a deeper examination of America's culture of fear, bigotry and violence in a nation with widespread gun ownership.
Michael Moore’s documentary Bowling for Columbine examines the culture of guns and violence in the United States in order to obtain insight into how massacres like the