Responses for “Not Just Words” for Chapters 16 and 17

 

Question on Pg. 506-507

     The first image is of the enemy forces in Sudan attacking the citizens.  The picture is of the enemy using all of its weapons and the different styles of transportation that they utilized to transport that weaponry.  Not only does it show this, but is also shows the intense aggression that the enemy had towards the people.  The gunmen are riding their horses, camels and helicopters with intensity and malice.

The second picture is of an execution.  The enemy is aggressively riding at the citizen on a horse and is shooting at him.  The citizen is not completely hopeless, and is armed, but does not have the means to protect himself and is killed.  The picture does not just show a normal execution, but one where the person being killed unfairly an inhumanely.

The third and final image is a before and after shot of a village being attacked by the enemy.  In the before image there are people and a temple with helicopters overhead.  In the after image the people and temple are destroyed and the helicopters were still overhead and more vehicles moving in.  The vehicles and helicopters still being there show the unnecessary aggression from the enemy.

These three images all display the worst of scenes from a horrible confrontation.  All of them are different, showcasing the different views that the different children had of the events.  But all the images show the same harsh environment.  Through the eyes of children we are able to see that the events that occurred were extremely traumatic, and the audience is more likely going to perceive the events as something that are truly meaningful because they were shown by tha artwork of children.

(Word Count = 283)

 

Question on Pg. 519

     The image shown is of a pair of work protective goggles covered in blood with a caption stating, “You got high before shop class. You thought you could handle the saw.  You were wrong.  Weed can make you do stupid things like that.”

     This is definitely a scare tactic, but it is also a logical and reasonable argument.  This add would most likely be very effective, if it were the first time it had been seen around.  The advertisements such as these have become so common in society that they now have little to no effect on the people who use the products that they are warning against.

     The text that is also used in the image is just as supporting as the picture.  They allow the reader to be informed of the story behind the message.  The text at the bottom of the image is even more of a statement though, because the bolded word, “REGRET,” makes the reader plainly understand the emotion attached to the image and warning, which is the use of pathos persuasion.

     Although these images that come from the awareness campaigns that are meant to be to get people to stop using drugs are not effective in getting already hooked users off of the drugs, they are very effective in keeping new users from ever starting the behavior. 

     In comparison the image that is showcased on Pg. 104 about drunk driving, this image has a more subtle appeal, whereas the drunk r=driving image make the viewer completely sympathetic for the person who was injured by a drunk driver.  The feeling of sympathy is more likely to stay with the viewer longer because it is not a feeling that people do not want to feel, like the fear in sighted by the Marijuana adds.

(Word Count = 298)