This documentary was insightful on how media manipulates images of Indians, and transforms them into a set people and character for film. What I liked about this film is that it used historical events and what really happened and compared them to how the same events were shown on film. The Indian commentators really gave the documentary a deeper and more interacting idea of how the Indian people felt about their portrayal by American culture. Being that many people are of Native American descent, I think that this movie can better connect Americans by correcting how they portray a certain group. This is even proven in how the films on Indians changed over the years and each time have become more and more close to fact of Indian life. Now the movies are still off because of American influence but this better understanding of native people has brought forth more appreciation as the film shows.
In my paper 3 essay, I really focused on the introduction paragraph. By including more context about the ad that I am using I believe that my thesis stands out more than it once did. Speaking of the thesis, I have cleared up any questions on what it may be by obtaining a similarity within the body of my paper. In the body I feel that I added more details, and explained, in depth, the details that I already had. This allowed me to focus my introductory sentences in each body paragraph and make the paragraphs clearer. The conclusion was also updated to flow and pull from the previous paragraphs, especially from the last body paragraph.
In Advil PM Ads, the main focus is to persuade the audience that this medication is better. The use of weasel words to persuade the audience is very misleading, using vague statements to boost the medication’s reliability. For example the phrase, “Less Time Awake, More Time Asleep” implies that this medication, will allow for a full night’s sleep. This misleads people into thinking this medication will in fact work and be better than any other competitor, just by making a general statement. Speaking of the competitor, the ad does not hesitate to tell the audience to switch from Tylenol to Advil. All of this is said just from the fact that Advil says its own product is better. This vague and direct statement is not backed up by any proof, other than the fact that Advil is well known, making the words themselves misleading to any person that does not use this medication. Many advertisements utilize four main parts that are considered the principles of document design, in this Lysol ad they are utilized as follows:
John Oliver is a very entertaining host that uses different forms of rhetoric to persuade his audience. In his discussion about student debt he successfully informs the audience about the evils of student debt. He utilizes all forms of rhetoric in his script. Ethos is used when he takes on a more serious tone to discuss the sad debt of the students and how Americans want to go to school. This is counted as ethos because he recognizes that education is hard when student debt is taking over, showing a good moral tone in his speech. Logos is used when he talks about the statistics of student debt. Logical usage of the trillions of dollars compared with the lower debt of other fields like credit and auto loans. These statistics get the audience a logical standpoint behind student health. Lastly is pathos, this is used throughout the video, especially when he talks about the for profit colleges that attack the lower income society to get them to enroll in a “cheap” school. This information really grasps on the negative aspect of student loans and really gets the audience to see how Americans are being effected by student loans and debt.
While writing paper one and two, I have noticed that I get the same type of comments on my writing. I have been told that my writing I really good but sometimes I have problems going on and on about my ideas, without explaining them thoroughly enough. When I am writing I tend to think more than I write. This is a big problem for me because I think that my intended audience will understand what I am saying, but in reality I should explain more. Now I am always able to go back and add the proper explanation and make a clearer paper, but I should already have a good and proper explanation when I write. Good writing is being able to express your thoughts well when you write, not missing any important details. In order to achieve this goal in the future, I must leave all distraction behind when I write so that I can really get into each and every detail that goes through my mind.
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