Bowling for Columbine Response

Zhejia Zhang

ENGH-120

Prof. Jaising

15/11/2017

Bowling for Columbine Response

  The starting point of "Bowling for Columbine" is to explore the death of a teacher and 12 schoolchildren in Columbine High School, on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, USA, on April 20, 1999, before two students shot themselves. The reason for the blind shooting incident. Family problems, angry emotions, electric toys, horror or action movies in Hollywood, and rock star Rocky Marilyn Manson, experts always summarize the cause of the incident, but among the people discussing with Michael Moore, the film's director and author, it seems that only Marilyn Manson speaks of the issue that most pays tribute to the Columbine incident.  Micheal Moore ask: “If you were to talk directly to the kids at Columbine or the people in that community, what would you say to them if they were here right now?” Marilyn Manson answer: “ I wouldn't say a single word to them, I would listen to what they have to say and that's what no one did.” If the time can be reversed, instead of listening to the voices of the two high school students, it is certainly easier to save time than to investigate the causes. However, just as Manson said, there would  only have the society which would like to didactic. At the beginning of the film, Moore refer to the National Association of Rifle Association's promotional materials: "The movie is presented by the National Rifle Association" (the film recommended by the National Rifle Association), is extremely ironic. Throughout the first half of the film, Moore was self-directed to convince the audience of how easy it is to get a gun or bullet in the United States. First, Moore opened an account with a local bank because of the bank's approach of opening an account with his client: giving away a free gun. In the film, when Moore got the gun, very excited to raise the gun (symbolizing the beginning of Columbine's high school fight), which is the start of the tragedy.