Bowling For Columbine Ethos Pathos Logos

Bowling For Columbine Ethos Pathos Logos

Bowling for Columbine film by Michael Moore is a film in which its central argument is that Americans are afraid of each mainly because of the media whose goals are to put fear in the American community. Unlike several documentaries this one is unique; this film is intended to appeal to the audience who are against guns or are pro–gun control and safety. Across this film, Moore's takes all of the audience through an exploration of the history of guns and violence, and with the big question, we all ask when a young adult commits a violent act, whom should we blame for this? We start off with ethos or credibility. One–way Moore shows credibility is when he not only interviewed one side of the gun issues but both. An example would be when he interviewed victims of the Columbine massacre, a parent of one of the victims, but also the NRA (National Rifle Association) ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...At first, the survivors requested that K–Mart stop selling handgun bullets, K–Mart later announced that they decided to discontinue the sales of gun ammunition altogether. For the next example, several individuals might disagree that this is not pathos but when Moore's shares Tamarla Owens' story. Tamarla is the mother of the six–year–old boy who shot and killed the six–year–old girl Michaela Roland in Flint, Michigan. Moore talks about how Tamarla was not home the morning of the incident because she was on her three–hour–round trip bus journey to Oakland country, to work at her two jobs at the mall, as part of the State of Michigan's welfare program. Pathos conveyed in two ways to the audience; first, they are shocked, that how in the world did a six–year–old boy get a hold of a gun? Moreover, the audience gets exceptionally heartbroken about the little girl's death which gave fuel to the fire on hatred for gun

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