Michael Moore made the documentary Bowling for Combuline. In Moore’s documentary, he explores gun violence in America and the probable causes of it. One of the probable causes he addresses is the fear mongering used by the media. Moore also put a cartoon about the history of America which shows the relationship America has with guns. Within his documentary, he also gives different examples of gun violence in America. One example is, a shooting of a six-year-old in Flint, Michigan.
In Bowling for Combuline, there is a cartoon about the history of the United States. This cartoon tells a brief description of different historical events in the United States: such as, pilgrims coming to North America, slavery, and the Civil Rights movement. In this video, all the events mentioned are caused by white people’s fear. For example, in the video, after slavery was abolished, white people formed the Ku Klux Klan. They did this because they were afraid that the freed slaves would kill them as revenge. White people’s fear is not the only subjects addressed repeatedly in this video, their relationship with guns is as well. The video mentions the second amendment being implemented for white men to own their guns and then, the …show more content…
Moore mentions murder and gun violence as examples. Moore interviews an author, who gives the statistic as proof the crime rate in the United States has gone down yet, the media coverage of crime has increased. Moore then goes to Canada and discovers that Canadian media and government officials do not fearmonger its citizens. After going to Canada, and speaking with Canadians and Americans, Moore discovered there is not much different about Canada and the United States. Both have the same violent entertainment, poverty rate, diversity, and number of guns. But the United States still has a high gun violence rate than
In Bowling for Combuline, there is a cartoon about the history of the United States. This cartoon tells a brief description of different historical events in the United States: such as, pilgrims coming to North America, slavery, and the Civil Rights movement. In this video, all the events mentioned are caused by white people’s fear. For example, in the video, after slavery was abolished, white people formed the Ku Klux Klan. They did this because they were afraid that the freed slaves would kill them as revenge. White people’s fear is not the only subjects addressed repeatedly in this video, their relationship with guns is as well. The video mentions the second amendment being implemented for white men to own their guns and then, the …show more content…
Moore mentions murder and gun violence as examples. Moore interviews an author, who gives the statistic as proof the crime rate in the United States has gone down yet, the media coverage of crime has increased. Moore then goes to Canada and discovers that Canadian media and government officials do not fearmonger its citizens. After going to Canada, and speaking with Canadians and Americans, Moore discovered there is not much different about Canada and the United States. Both have the same violent entertainment, poverty rate, diversity, and number of guns. But the United States still has a high gun violence rate than