Bowling for Columbine

Story Beta “Holly shit that was so scary!” yelled Amy Rodriguez a senior at the University at Buffalo, as she walked out of the cover duck tape doors with fogged up glasses. Rodriguez had just completed a maze of flashing white lights and loud screaming. A 10-minute maze that starts with the announcement of your entrance and who you will complete it with. While being shocked by the jumping bloody hungry characters, that creepy through the corners of the walls as you walk pass them. On…

is always one place for me that makes me who I really am and makes everything perfect, and that's the Bowling Alley. Ever since I was a little kid, my dad has been teaching me every little thing I needed to know about Bowling. I always wanted a tutor, but my dad always said no because he wanted to teach me to be just like him. And soon enough, I was really good at what I love. I started a bowling league in Freeport when I was at the age of 7, it was really hard at first because I didn’t know…

leave the building if unattended. General in the event that you take after these couple of basic tenets for playing with kids you are going to have an awesome time. Littler youngsters are somewhat more to handle in any open territory yet rocking the bowling alley will keep them occupied and entertained for a considerable length of…

that approximately 11,127 Americans are killed each year by gun violence. With that being said, that places America at the very top of the list, with Japan only having an estimated 39 citizens. It is also revealed in the video documentary, Bowling for Columbine, that Canada is notorious for hunting. However, the deaths that occur through gun violence is not as near or equivalent to that of America. This leads one to question, what makes America the perfect place for a shooting range? It is quite…

homicide rates are so high in the United States of America. The summary of the movie was basically interviews with people and a few celebrities in America and normal people in Canada about the gun laws, homicide rates, and the tragic shootings at Columbine High School. I see that back in the day in Michigan and Colorado Michael Moore actually got a gun at a bank for opening and account at that bank of all places and bought bullets at a barber shop.…

There has been a lot of conflict over the fact that guns are being carried and allowed in public places. Now a days because of all the conflicts, for example the ones that Bowling for Columbine shows, the gun controversy has increased, especially in schools. There are many pin points for the occurrence of gun violence. The two most common are abuse, association with gangs, and guns. Schools imply laws that try to prevent these events from happening and protecting the youth from danger in schools…

On Tuesday, April 20, 1999, two seniors approached Columbine High School in Littleton,Colorado at approximately 11:19 AM and proceeded to devastate the nation. There were 17 days until graduation when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed 12 students and one teacher before committing suicide in the school library. Immediately, a media storm of theories and disbelief evolved. In the months following the shooting, reports depicting the two as vengeful victims of bullying and the…

One possible theme for Columbine is that you should always know your surroundings. You might never know what is going on in another person’s mind or the thoughts they are portraying. With Dylan and Eric they seemed to be normal guys from the outside, but the inside showed completely opposite. The closest friends of Dylan and Eric were even shocked from the tragic incident that the two boys were active in. The main theme shown to always know what is going on around you and be aware of…

have a gun. It is reflecting the real society in the United States. In Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore says that The United States if one of the countries that has the highest murder rate with guns. This is reflecting that guns can be part of the culture but giving the freedom of guns does not make the United States the safest country in the world. Creating culture People still having troubles remembering the Columbine High School massacre in 1999; It is seen in the documentary when…

salute the way everyone else might slap a high five” when scoring a strike in their bowling class. While Harris and Klebold never verbalized that April 20th, 1999 was also the anniversary of Hitler’s birth, their fondness for him leads experts to assume a connection between Hitler’s birthday and…