...storm from hit movies such as “The Shining” and successful novels such as “Carrie”. Stephen King has continuously illustrated that when it comes to horror there isn’t only one way to present a horrific story. In Stephen King’s essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies” he presents several rational explanations about why we love horror movies, even though it puts a peculiar fear in viewers. King utilizes persuasive techniques such as pathos and logos, as well as comparisons to real life events to draw connections between horror and other areas of entertainment which in the end illustrates why movie enthusiasts crave horror. Stephen King, born in Portland, Maine, has had to deal with change throughout his lifetime. As a young child his father, Donald King, departed the family leaving young King, brother David, and his mother Nellie Ruth behind. Soon after the departure they moved to Connecticut only to return to Maine. A traumatic event, only claimed to be true by King’s family, occurred involving a gruesome death of his friend. King doesn’t recall the train accident but it can be seen that witnessing something this gruesome can bring out a living horror in an individual. This event could be what drives...
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...Star Wars are one of the most popular and most seen movies in Hollywood therefore: it’s safe to say that anyone would want to feel those sensational emotions of amazement and awe that they get from watching them. Well, that’s exactly how Volkswagen wants people to feel when they buy and drive one of their cars. The Force by Volkswagen is effective in using Pathos, Logos, and Kairos to show the type amazement and awe people could have if you buy their cars. The commercial begins with a small boy dressed as Darth Vader, and he is trying to use the force to move and control objects. As the commercial continues the boy is going throughout the house trying to use the force to no avail. Then his father comes home from work in his Volkswagen, and...
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...XFinity’s, “Emily’s Oz” is a commercial created to inspire the minds of those with visual disabilities and help their dreams become reality using a seven- year- old, blind girl, Emily as a character herself. It uses a mix of emotion and craft to bring imagination to life when she is asked to describe in her mind’s eye, what she envisions when watching a 1900’s American classic, The Wizard of Oz. XFinity then created a short film based on her analysis of the movie to promote Comcast’s first “Talking Guide” for those who are visually impaired. It is a successful advertisement that uses logos, ethos and pathos to create a positive appeal to millions just like Emily. She begins by saying what she thinks about such as shape, color and sounds when watching the movie. Then takes it into her brain and says, “What would it look like to me?”....
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...different forms of software such as machines, computers, and vision. Scientists express their opinion about the future technology, using ethos, pathos, and logos to get their audience attention. Steven B. Harris uses an authority voice and vision when addressing issues in his article. He expresses his tone to make improvement in technology in the world. Harris is a medical Doctor that's interested in medical resources. He's a part of the Biosphere II projects and the best known for discussing artificial intelligence research. He had major discussions thread on the internet. In his article, he explains how several authors express their opinion on a variety of technology. Harris ethos in this report, argues how the technology will change throughout the future. From his writing, he appears to have the knowledge about how a computer will become advance and how it will affect humankind in the future. Harris states how machines are used in moving making. He describes how a movie in 1950’s are made with the Krell machines and ultimate machines. By 1986, they were using microscopic construction-machines. Harris argues that software is now popular and is used in movies, whether than machines. Harris said that certain machine is still being used from time to time, but the computer has full control. In the article, Harris uses pathos and feeling to get the reader emotions. He uses this article to place technology in the hands of the future and cause pressure on humankind. He...
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...In this passage David Denby's purpose was to explain the stereotypical high school movie genre. In these typical teen movies there's usually a pretty, popular cheerleader, her jock boyfriend, and the weird outsider that doesn't fit in. Denby wrote this to explain what a typical high school is like for teenagers, while knowing that this is nothing like what high school is like in reality, its just the way people who are outcasts perceive school. These outcasts see high school like a place that is ruled by one individual and their popular friends, when all these outsiders really want is to have what these popular kids had. Denby used rhetorical devices like pathos when he described how the characters felt. This passage was more...
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...appeal to the viewer’s pathos, logos, and ethos. In other words, I was writing a rhetorical analysis. I needed to specifically focus on how the speaker attempts to persuade the audience to subscribe to the channel through the use of images, texts, and sounds. “Throughout all three episodes, it is clear Erakat aims to engage his audience through emotional appeal with his use of humor, rhetorical questions, and dialogue. In addition, he uses his charismatic personality to speak to his audience post-episode and encourage them to subscribe, comment (good or bad), and share this video. While it seems like Erakat uses logos and pathos equally and does not incorporate ethos to the same degree, the clear frontrunner in terms of appeal goes to pathos. While there was minimal use of text and sound and no use of images, it did not take away from the series. The text was used to introduce characters by name, provide transitions, and also translate the rapid Arabic into English. The music served as transition pieces between scenes. Images were not needed as emotional appeal was best displayed through dialogue and acting” (Bjeijeh 13). Sticking with this theme, the first project helped me learn that creating and writing an argumentative essay doesn’t start and end with the argument. Rather, it is the evidence surrounding the argument which strengthens it and it’s important to incorporate ethos, pathos, and logos in order to provide support. While the concept of ethos, pathos, and logos wasn’t...
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...In the article “Let it go: Making Peace with Princesses”, the author Annie Pfeifer uses a wide range of appeals such as pathos, logos and real life experience with her daughter to make their her point to every woman and young girl that many disney princess film don’t encourage creativity or empower young girls to think for themselves. She begins her article by using pathos to explain her own personal disgust towards Elsa, “Not only was Elsa no longer that cool, but...The glittery, gaudy, pink, prissy, princess décor gives me a migraine.” The words gaudy and prissy show her strong disliking towards princesses in general. This personal opinion really connects the author with the audience because the majority of people agree that the repetitive...
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...This module kept me engaged because I eat food every day. Since I eat everyday I wanted to know where my food is coming from and what could kill me. I liked this module because we were able to get into groups and do research on how to get healthy lunches for public schools. During the research of the project it kept me on my toes and curious to find out how we could do it for our own school. This food module also allowed us to watch a movie about where our food comes from. It was really pleasing to watch since I love movies in class. The movie was very powerful and showed me the food industry I never could have...
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...Dylan Weber Kim Priest English 101 Rhetorical Analysis During the beginning of this article, Tom Bissel has a back and forth comparison of his opinion about the video game Fallout 3, and telling his imaginary children, Kermit and Hussein, what he was doing the day that Barack Obama was elected to be our first African-American President of the United States. He tries to make an argument that even though there was a widely-known national, and even global, event that took place, he felt like playing the open world game of Fallout 3 was just more important. He goes on to say, “And so, my beloved Kermit, my dear little Hussein, at the moment America changed forever, your father was wandering an ICBM-denuded wasteland, nervously monitoring his radiation level, armed only with a baseball bat, a 10mm pistol, and six rounds of ammunition, in search of a vicious gang of mohawked marauders who were 100 percent bad news and totally had to be dealt with. Trust Daddy on this one”. This analogy of two events shows that beating a video game like Fallout 3 was just as important as watching the election of the 44th President of the United States. And while the excruciating detail of the game makes it seem like there was a lot of responsibility on his hands and he makes it sound like an assertion, it wouldn’t matter in the end, because we all know it was just a virtual world, and he missed out on reality. His anecdote was very detailed, however, and I’m sure if there was anyone who was skeptical...
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...Disaster: The Iliad to Modern Blockbusters Humans have always been fascinated by stories about terrible things happening to other humans. One of the oldest stories in Western civilization, The Iliad, describes the destruction of Troy by its enemies, the Greeks. But of course, before Troy is destroyed, the story introduces us to the people inside the city. Thus, when we finally reach the violent climax, we are swept up in the personal cost of the Trojan War. To judge by the enormous box office earnings for movies like 2012, the same basic formula is still effective today. In this paper I will present a brief history of disaster movies, starting with the silent film era and continuing on through some more recent movies. Throughout, I hope to illustrate the way directors get us to care about the characters, and then unleash the forces of disaster against them. In the hands of a true artist, this formula can create exciting, interesting drama. Disasters in Silent Films Disaster movies have been popular since the beginning of cinema. Directors of the silent film era readily understood the value of good disaster. Such works tend to fall into two categories, personal dramas and epics. Personal dramas focus on an individual working out a private problem against a backdrop of impending catastrophe. The Last Days of Pompeii, for example, capitalizes on the excitement inherent in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the devastation that we, the modern viewers, know will follow this cataclysmic...
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...Disaster: The Iliad to Modern Blockbusters Humans have always been fascinated by stories about terrible things happening to other humans. One of the oldest stories in Western civilization, The Iliad, describes the destruction of Troy by its enemies, the Greeks. But of course, before Troy is destroyed, the story introduces us to the people inside the city. Thus, when we finally reach the violent climax, we are swept up in the personal cost of the Trojan War. To judge by the enormous box office earnings for movies like 2012, the same basic formula is still effective today. In this paper I will present a brief history of disaster movies, starting with the silent film era and continuing on through some more recent movies. Throughout, I hope to illustrate the way directors get us to care about the characters, and then unleash the forces of disaster against them. In the hands of a true artist, this formula can create exciting, interesting drama. Disasters in Silent Films Disaster movies have been popular since the beginning of cinema. Directors of the silent film era readily understood the value of good disaster. Such works tend to fall into two categories, personal dramas and epics. Personal dramas focus on an individual working out a private problem against a backdrop of impending catastrophe. The Last Days of Pompeii, for example, capitalizes on the excitement inherent in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the devastation that we, the modern viewers, know will follow this cataclysmic...
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...the evolution of women rights. Throughout those years women did not have any right and they were humiliated by men and were only allowed to be at home, to take care of the children, house and husband when he came from work. I am making this analysis to show how this ad uses logos, pathos and ethos to persuade people to buy the product. This ad use Pathos which involves using emotion to influence someone else. Emotional scenes and images are used to grab the men’s attention and often make them feel powerful and strong. This is demonstrated by how the man is sitting in bed, with a straight and firm posture, head held high, arms behind his head, well dressed with the “Van Heusen” tie and with a pleasant look on his face. The emotions that this ad conveys to man is to feel that they are above women and that by using the tie women will keep looking at them like all mighty kings. The woman is kneeling beside the bed, handing him a tray containing his breakfast in bed and she looks up to him with admiration treating him like a king in his castle. All of this just makes the target buyer (men) see that with this tie they will have women on their knees handing them breakfast in bed. This ad has lots of pathos because of the many emotions portrayed to the buyers. The ad shows logos in the way that it makes men believe that he is the boss and deserve to be treated like one. The ad was made by a man named Van Heusen for men. This is from the 1960’s this is an ad for a tie brand. Its main...
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...Rocky IV “No pain.” is the famous motto that Rocky Balboa-Sylvester Stallone lived by in Rocky IV. In this four part series, released on November 27, 1985, Rocky Balboa battles through the death of his friend, Apollo Creed. In attempt to avenge Apollo Creed, Rocky will brawl in his biggest fight yet. Located in Russia, Rocky will fight against the unstoppable Russian boxer, known as Drago. With Rocky IV having a $127,873,716 revenue, the highest at of all Rocky movies, it can be contributed to Sylvester Stallone’s background and having the perfect role for this movies. Also, because of the action-music that this movie provided and that the way it was choreographed, and for its patriotism towards America. Before Sylvester Stallone became the...
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...opportunities as he was given himself, since he himself is an immigrant too. Doing so by supporting the Republican Party. He is addressing the audience as “fellow Americans” and it seems that he is talking to the whole American population. But I fact, he is only talking to the Republican citizens and he is identifying different subgroups of his audience, like the immigrants, the strong Republicans and the people with only some Republican beliefs. By doing so, and identifying his audience, he is creating a feeling of pride in America. A feeling of pride that is there because of the fact that they are having a Republican for their president. Schwarzenegger uses lots of rhetoric methods and forms of appeal. The three forms of appeal – ethos, logos and pathos – is used a lot in this speech. Ethos is used to make the audience look at him as a trustworthy man. The more ethos you have, the more trustworthy, honest, qualified, well willing, committed and persistent you seem. He is using words like “freedom”, “fellow people” and “fellow Americans” and that is really raising some feelings in the audience, like love for the country and hope. ”We are the America that sends out the Peace Corps volunteers to teach our village children. We are the America that sends out the...
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...touches on her body. The narrator for the commercial then says, “ With a taste of bourbon, it’ll make a man out of you.” Carl’s Jr. commercials like this one knows what crowd they are trying to reach. This commercial does a fantastic job on introducing the product and getting your attention, while making great use of pathos logos and ethos. Carl’s Jr. is an american based fast food restaurant that continues to expand in different countries. The restaurant was founded July 17, 1941 in Los Angeles California, by the founder Carl Karcher. Investing with his wife Margaret, Carl started off with a few hot dog carts that eventually grew into a drive-in restaurant where they decided to sale burgers. Throughout the years Carl’s Jr. continued to expand as it opened over 1,000 restaurants in fifty years. In the Late 1990’s the company started to notice the decrease in sales so they turned to their advertisement to get sales back up. Reaching out and advertising sexy models and celebrities like Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, Jenny Mccarthy and Heidi Klum just to name a few, has certainly helped the company tremendously. In the commercial, the company starts with the use of pathos, an appeal to the audience based on our emotions. The commercial begins with us getting a quick view of Heidi as she...
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