A. Doc 11
Please answer the following questions:
- How is owing a gun perceived by many Americans?
- What is the actual truth about the risk of owing a gun?Who does the documentary target?
- Which strategy is used to bring awareness to the targeted people?
- Which suggested reason to buy a gun does the salesman give to one of the first clients?
- What is the actual reason given by the clients?
- Recap the history of the first-shown weapon.
- Watch how all the weapons are presented to the potential clients:
- Which adjectives/expressions are first used to introduce the model?
- Is there any connection made between the size of the weapons and their deadly outcome?
- Which emphasis does the salesman put on the very notion of “protection”?
- How would you describe the potential buyers’ reactions to the history of the guns?
- Which tragical event does the close-up on the last label refer to?
- Have these people changed their minds? Give detail about their answers.
- Write down the catch phrase.
- Does it mean that people would move for the abolition of the 2nd amendment?
B – Doc 5
Please browse : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association
Now answer the following questions:
- When was the NRA founded?
- Who created it?
- What kind of association is the NRA?
- What was the original aim of the NRA?
- According to the NRA, how many members does the association count?
- What are nowadays’ main objectives of the NRA?
- Who are the NRA’s President and Executive Vice President today?
