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A 4 page analysis of Michael Moore's 2003 documentary Bowling for Columbine addresses the gun culture in the US. The writer examines the rhetorical arguments and strategies used by Moore, as well as the director's main purpose. The writer argues that Moore's central premise is that the country's gun culture is unwarranted and that this culture is behind the perpetration of atrocities such as Columbine. His point is that an armed nation is unnecessary and dangerous. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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School in Littleton, Colorado in 1999 where two students opened fire on their fellow classmates before committing suicide. Prior to the shooting, the teenagers, Eric Harris and Dylan Kiebold went
bowling, which is so incongruent with what they planned to do that Moore used this in the title of his film. Moores central premise is that the countrys gun culture
is unwarranted and that this culture is behind the perpetration of atrocities such as Columbine. His point is that an armed nation is unnecessary and dangerous. To prove this
point, Moore uses several rhetorical strategies. For example, he employs statistics that are disturbing and in themselves present a logical argument that the country does indeed seem obsessed with guns
and violence. He states that 90 percent of the guns purchased in the US are bought in "whit suburbs where theres hardly any violent crime" (Waak 41). Most startling
are the statistics that compare the number of deaths caused by guns each year in various countries. These are "381 in Germany, 255 in France, 165 in Canada, 68 in
the United Kingdom, 65 in Australia, 39 in Japan and a whopping 11,127 in the United States" (Waak 41). Moore also uses arguments that have appeal to his audiences
emotions and sympathy for the Columbine victims and families. For example, it is difficult not to agree with Moore that the decision of Charlton Heston, then president of the National
Rifle Association (NRA), to hold a pro-gun rally at the site of the Columbine tragedy just ten days after the shootings and despite protests from the mourning community, was heartless
and inconsiderate (Waak 41). Moore substantiated this point in his film by using his ambush interview tactics against Heston, who seemed incapable of answering Moores questions with the standard NRA
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