Documentary Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

The discipline of children has been a growing concern for the parents and educators as well as authorities. Parents are constantly striving to shape the discipline and gender roles of their children through different initiatives. Additionally, educators and policy formulators are striving to ensure that, these gender roles are reinforced as well as learned in the schools. Different studies have indicated that, most parents in the United States and in different countries of the world do not spend much time with their children. These children are either left at home with their care takers or sent to day care facilities.
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Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary directed by Michael Moore. One thing which stands out from the movie is the use of persuasion. The documentary uses rhetorical strategies to persuade the audience to adopt the narrator’s opinion on the subject matter, and this is perfected through the use of archived information used along interviews. According to the narrator, Americans are trigger-happy people who use violence to solve their problems and this is evident when the narrator asks “why does America have so many guns and so much gun violence?”
At the beginning of the documentary, Moore receives a ...

Documentary film is one of the most difficult genres of cinematography, firstly, because of its structure as well as due to the large number of approaches to the implementation of the idea. This genre originated over a century ago and nowadays it is undoubtedly one of the most difficult genres, since it is necessary to analyze a huge amount of material to identify the authenticity of historical facts in order to create a professional documentary film. The advent of documentary films made the cinematography a more profound art form, which became a part of the scientific world too.
Documentary film was the beginning ...

Famed basketball player Chris Herren endured a great deal of controversy and criticism over the course of his career – infamous for his drug addiction and abuse, his surprising candor about these issues make him unique among professional sports players. Chris Herren’s heroin and painkiller addictions made his journey an incredibly tragic one; despite his successes, notoriety and incredible heights with the Boston Celtics, his American Dream turned into a tragedy. The tale of Chris Herren is one of a young, talented upstart who was unable to handle the amorality of the professional sports world – as his fame increased, the temptation to ...

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Stranger with a camera is a documentary film directed by Elizabeth Barret in 2000 that tries to shed some light to the murder of Canadian television journalist, Hugh O’Connor, in 1967, at Lecher County, Kentucky. O’Connor was shot by a coal miner named Hobart Ison, when he was trying to document poverty and living conditions in Appalachia, and interviewed Ison’s house, without Ison been there at the time. When Ison arrived, he asked O’Connor and his crew to move away from his house and when they did, he shot O’Connor to death.
In this documentary Barret ...

The food production industry has been rapidly developed over the centuries. The food production has become faster and more technologically advanced. From producing agricultural crops for feeding the town, the production of food has increased for feeding the whole country and even the world (Leopold 199). There has been many enhancements in order for the food industry to provide more products to the increasing global population such as genetic modifications and production methods. However, the documentary Food Inc. has presented many ethical and moral issues about the food production in the United States. According to the film, these issues ...

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Roger and Me is a documentary film, chronicles of the efforts of General Motors, one of the world’s largest corporation. Michael Moore makes the social catastrophe, happened in his native city Flint (Michigan) as the theme of his first documentary. This catastrophe happened after the General Motors’ direction decided to close all their enterprises, situated in that city. The entire film Michael Moor chases Roger Smith, the head of this corporation to tell him about the consequences of this decision that led to absolute unemployment. It is hard to imagine, but over 30 thousand of people (from the 150.000 ...

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Censorship is the hindering of communication or free speech which may be considered offensive to public morals and which may be deemed as objectionable, sensitive or harmful. The suppression of such news and media may be determined by the government as well as private organisations. Censorship occurs within a variety of scenarios but usually includes the transmission of films and others arts such as plays, and in mediums of broadcasting such as radio and television. Of late, electronic media is also up for censorship and this includes the internet. Issues for the imposition of censorship are varied and may include ...

It has been said that obesity is a challenge for many countries, among them developed ones too. It has been also said, that the US is the first in the ranking of obese people among developed nations.
The questions that I raise in this essay are as follows: why is obesity a recent issue and where it comes from? Why do Americans tend to be heavier in body weight than inhabitants of other countries? In order to approach those questions, firstly, I will analyze the cultural dimension of eating in an American way since the society, cultural traits and ...

Krumping, also spelled Krumpin', is a street dance popularized in the United States that is characterized by free, expressive, exaggerated, and highly energetic movement involving the arms, head, legs, chest, and feet (Paggett 20). Krumpin’ has its roots in the central parts of southern Los Angeles (The Heart of Crump). At first, it was reserved to African American neighborhoods but has grown to other neighborhoods and countries (The Heart of Crump). The dance style started emerging in early 1990s but it was not until the early 2000s that the style achieved significant popularity. The word Krump was derived from the ...

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The hubris documentary: selling the Iraq war by Rachel maddow was a movie aired on the tenth anniversary of selling of the Iraq war. It tells the story of how the American presidential administration deceived America into war by expanding the powers of the executive branch. The movie reveals the animosity of America towards Iraq. The movie starts with a striking resemblance to the 2008 series titled bush’s war.
The neo-cons were eager to invade Iraq. They lay down their strategy to the bill Clinton the then president. They say that the magnitude of the threat which depends for ...

Does the Brony culture redefine masculinity in the U.S? I am not in the position to answer this question for the all American males. I would like, however, to share my thoughts about this subculture. Based on what I understand of the Brony culture, it is just a fandom of the online series originally intended for little girls called “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.. The cartoon was considered by some individuals to be made for adults, and in my opinion this show should not be watched by grownups even if they had developed the series to older viewers. This ...

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Water is an important issue. Most people do not understand that water is a very important issue. Climate change has made people more aware of the problem. This year many droughts and wildfires in the United States and in other parts of the world have been discussed on the news. Climate change has been shown to have a negative impact on the quality of life of people everywhere. Dry weather caused the bad droughts and the wildfires. When people have enough water they do not think about water. But when people do not have water they suffer. When people do not ...

In Tony Kaye's documentary Lake of Fire, the abortion debate is considered from both sides of the issue. In the case of pro-life proponents, abortion should be made illegal because it causes unwed children to be killed. In their eyes, to destroy an embryo or a child before it is born is murder, and there should be steps taken to prevent people from doing that. Many arguments they have consist of emotional appeals, as they want to enforce the idea that people who abort are killing others. Furthermore, they put forth ideas that abortion comes about as a result of empty ...

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Global warming affects the lives of the people all around the world regardless of geographical location. Global Warming is a consequence of human activities and decisions that are mostly governed by self-interest and material gain. Therefore, as the population in different areas continues to increase, competition to obtain life’s necessities intensifies. In turn, the destructive activities of humans continue to contribute to of Global Warming.
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Global Warming is defined as the rising average temperature of the surface of the Earth increases due to emissions resulting from different human activities, ...

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Global warming has been affecting the lives of the people in all areas around the world regardless of the country’s geographical location. The effects of Global Warming are consequences of man’s activities and decisions that are governed by their personal interests and gains. Therefore, as the population in different areas continue to increase, the competition in obtaining life necessities also heightens, and the number and intensity of destructive activities of man continue to worsen the ...

English is similar to all the living languages in the world, which is constantly changing amidst the changes taking place within the global environment. It is a dynamic language, and there has to be a standard set to distinguish a uniform code of language that can be understood in many areas around the world. For this, Standard English was set up “to ensure accuracy and clarity in communication” (Roy 39). It is therefore, important to ask how important is Standard English when it comes to businesses in Miami, Florida and other cities that are multicultural? In a huge community ...

21 century is the era of information technologies. All over the world people use different gadgets: cell phones, tablets, computers, laptops. Within only fifty years a small box modified such ordinary procedures as shopping, sending letters and the process of communication changed a lot. These gadgets facilitate a vast majority of processes and enable people to do certain things easier and faster. It is quite easy to explain why modern society is so engrossed with the cell phones. This small device has become an Assistant that can connect you with the person, who can be located thousands of miles away, or make ...

In the Maysles brothers documentary, Salesman, produced in 1969, a strong case is made for the daunting challenges that four traveling Bible salesmen face on a daily basis. In Salesman, the producers argue that the frustrations faced by the salesmen are similar to the struggles faced by Catholic missionaries. Although they are only salesmen, their struggles to stay afloat and make money from the sales of the Holy Bible are gritty and real.
Underlying values such as guilt, sin, and redemption play vital roles in the film's development as close-ups of potential buyers of the "Catholic Bible Set" show them wrestling ...

The word “communicate” comes from the ancient Greek – specifically, from the word “to inform.” On the basis of this one main goal, communicating to others as man’s basic necessity for existence has evolved, taking on diverse forms to serve more functions. One form of communication – and perhaps the most popular and most used today – is advertising, which aims to persuade. Advertising, in all forms and media, comprises a major part of the people’s daily information intake and dominates the nation’s culture at large. This is why advertisements are carefully planned and creatively done, usually having the most ...