James Lynch Make Up Blog

James Lynch

Mr. Rivers

American Lit

1/25/17

Make-Up Blog

Today in class, we started off with handing in our Great Gatsby books. We were all so sorrow to be doing such a thing, but all good things must have to come to an end. Then in groups, we talked about what we need to do for our up-coming documentary research essay. We talked about the requirements for the research paper (it is in fact a lot of work, so don’t sleep on it). After this short discussion, we started to watch the documentary Bowling for Columbine. While we were watching the film, we had to determine what the argument was, and how the speaker developed and supported the argument. In the first couple of minutes, the man got a free gun just for signing up for a bank account. The argument the he may be trying to make is that it is too easy to get a gun. He supports his argument by going to the bank a getting a gun. Just as he walked out, he asked “don’t you think it is a little dangerous to be handing out guns like this” which shows his argument. Also, to support his argument, he includes a picture of the ad, in which he had the idea to get the gun, showing that anyone, and everyone can get a gun as easy as that. After this short segment of the documentary, we paused and went over the arguments that other groups came up with. We wrapped up class by going through due dates of the project. Thanks for tuning into the Lynch Blog. See you next time.