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A 4 page paper that reviews the film and the issues it addresses. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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level of violence in America. The films title refers to a horrific incident that took place at Columbine High School, which is located in Littleton, Colorado, in 1999, when two
ordinary male student opened fire on the student body and then committed suicide. Just prior to the shooting, as part of their final day on earth, the teenagers, Eric Harris
and Dylan Kiebold went bowling. This activity is so incongruent to their plans for the rest of this day that Moore incorporated into the films title. The central thematic point
to Moores analysis is that the American obsession with guns is unwarranted within the context of contemporary society and greatly contributes to tragedies such as that awful day at Columbine
High School. Moore feels that an armed American populace is not only unnecessary, but also dangerous to the public welfare. To support this point, Moore employs various rhetorical strategies,
such as referring to statistics that are in themselves disturbing. In doing so, he makes a logical and persuasive argument for greater gun control. For example, he points out that
90 percent of all guns purchase in the US are bought by people living in "white suburbs where theres hardly any violent crime" (Waak 41). Other disturbing statistics include
the stats that Moore cites about gun deaths, which compares the US to other countries. Yearly, there are "381 (gun deaths) 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). As these quotes illustrate, Moore draws upon logic in supporting
his thesis, but, in other scenes, he also draws upon pathos, as he makes direct appeals to the audiences emotions and sympathy for the victims and families affected by the
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