write a contrast paragraph on the effectiveness of the two death penalty essays. Which of the two - Mencken or Kroll - do you find to be more effective in persuading you and why?
Mencken used straight forward logic, and his logic was a little sprawled. On the other hand, Kroll's essay relied heavily on pathos, and not too much logic. I feel like Kroll's essay was much more persuasive because while Mencken's essay only targeted people that shared his belief, Kroll's essay targeted anybody that has sympathy. Also, Kroll, doesn't come right out and say that he's against the death penalty, he uses descriptive words to describe his friends pain and then you get to 'decide' yourself if you're against it.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sixteen Military wives
This song is about the freedom Americans enjoy, and how people abuse their luxury.
The theme of the song is ignorance is bliss. For example, in the lyrics when the wives get the letter saying thatr their husbands died they were unhappy. Had they not received the letters they wouldn't have been sad. Also, it says that the celebrities lived horrible lives. If the American mass didn't have to listen to their lives 24/7 they would be happier.
The theme of the song is ignorance is bliss. For example, in the lyrics when the wives get the letter saying thatr their husbands died they were unhappy. Had they not received the letters they wouldn't have been sad. Also, it says that the celebrities lived horrible lives. If the American mass didn't have to listen to their lives 24/7 they would be happier.
Race for the Prize
The theme is that one should stay within the confines of their abilities, there is only so much on person can do alone. Multiple times in the song it states, "They're just humans." Which is another way of saying that they aren't perfect, and that they don't know everything. Also this song uses reptition saying, "Theirs is to win if it kills them." But at the end it switches to "Theirs is to win it will kill them." This goes with the theme that since they are human, they aren't smart enough and/or they can't live old enough to win the race.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Fallicy in Famous speaches
1. "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty."
2. The falicy commited in this quote is begging the question. It is implied that by doing these noble and great things that liberty will succeed and survive. While it is probable that it will, there is a possibility that by even doing these things, we could lose liberty. Nixon is assuming the answer. The reason he does this is so people will be on board with his agenda, he wants them to do these noble things, and them to think that it will 100% insure liberty.
3.The reason this speach is so famous and renound, is because these falacies stir up emotions and ideas that inspire and make people feel good. The reason they feel good may be because of something not necessarily true, but the fact that it does make them feel that way is enough for them to talk about the speach to others and help spread its popularity.
2. The falicy commited in this quote is begging the question. It is implied that by doing these noble and great things that liberty will succeed and survive. While it is probable that it will, there is a possibility that by even doing these things, we could lose liberty. Nixon is assuming the answer. The reason he does this is so people will be on board with his agenda, he wants them to do these noble things, and them to think that it will 100% insure liberty.
3.The reason this speach is so famous and renound, is because these falacies stir up emotions and ideas that inspire and make people feel good. The reason they feel good may be because of something not necessarily true, but the fact that it does make them feel that way is enough for them to talk about the speach to others and help spread its popularity.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Duck + Cover
Overt- Be ready for an atomic bomb to strike America, take safety precautions. (It says it in the video)
Covert- The government will keep you safe. (It's government sponsored and says to listen to authority)
This is informational because it tells you what to do in case of an atomic bomb, and if you don't know what to do you could get hurt.
Covert- The government will keep you safe. (It's government sponsored and says to listen to authority)
This is informational because it tells you what to do in case of an atomic bomb, and if you don't know what to do you could get hurt.
Destination Earth
Overt - Oil allows us Americans to live free and competitve lives
Covert - Communism is a bad way to live and that the oil companies know how to do us good.
This is propaganda becuase it has the obvious overt message that oil is good, but then it leaves you with an covert message in favor of oil companies (because they sponsored the video) and against Communism. (because the martians were a communist society to begin with, and it was an awful standard of living, and then they got oil and they were free and life was good)
Covert - Communism is a bad way to live and that the oil companies know how to do us good.
This is propaganda becuase it has the obvious overt message that oil is good, but then it leaves you with an covert message in favor of oil companies (because they sponsored the video) and against Communism. (because the martians were a communist society to begin with, and it was an awful standard of living, and then they got oil and they were free and life was good)
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Propaganda - WWII
1. Overt- Eat less bread
2. Convert - support American troups in any way that you can. By eating bread you are a bad American because you are causing the war to be lost
3. This is propaganda because there is an obvious message, eat less bread, and then a less obvious message, support American soldiers so we win the war.
2. Convert - support American troups in any way that you can. By eating bread you are a bad American because you are causing the war to be lost
3. This is propaganda because there is an obvious message, eat less bread, and then a less obvious message, support American soldiers so we win the war.
The Clash - Clampdown
The lyrics of the song are about working for other people, and how it is hard to resist the pull to the social normality and be different. It is also about how when you work and work, you use a lot of your time. "the judge said five to ten but I say double that again."
A musical element that pushes the message is the constant rythmical beat. It represents a hammer that is constantly hammering a nail, which represents work that never stops.
The quote, "We will teach our twisted speach to the young believers" Shows persuasion because they government is showing kids how they should act when they are a young age.
A musical element that pushes the message is the constant rythmical beat. It represents a hammer that is constantly hammering a nail, which represents work that never stops.
The quote, "We will teach our twisted speach to the young believers" Shows persuasion because they government is showing kids how they should act when they are a young age.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Propaganda, Persuasion, Rhetoric, and Argument
four quotes: 392, 425, 432, 501
The quote that stood out most to me out of these four was number 432 which says, "Men do not commonly see what is before their eyes or hear what rings in their ears unless it is pointed out to them in a tone of accepted authority and given public importance. LOUIS J. HALLE, Spring In Washington, 1963."
This quote is generalizing that all men cannot make a clear distinction of something unless it is clearly pointed out to them by someone of importance. Men can't and won't listen or be able to see something if a little person such as their wife or kid. What this quote fails to address is the people that aren't like this. Therefore the only men that would agree with this statement are men that have behavior such as proposed above. Why? Because the writer of this quote is of some accepted authority. He has writen several books and was very educated.
This argument offers the propaganda that men are shallow. Because if a women read this she would apply it to a man she knows, and if it fit then she would have to assume that men are shallow. This quote has no persuasion however, it is just an argument with no support at all. It just goes right out and says the 'truth'.
The quote that stood out most to me out of these four was number 432 which says, "Men do not commonly see what is before their eyes or hear what rings in their ears unless it is pointed out to them in a tone of accepted authority and given public importance. LOUIS J. HALLE, Spring In Washington, 1963."
This quote is generalizing that all men cannot make a clear distinction of something unless it is clearly pointed out to them by someone of importance. Men can't and won't listen or be able to see something if a little person such as their wife or kid. What this quote fails to address is the people that aren't like this. Therefore the only men that would agree with this statement are men that have behavior such as proposed above. Why? Because the writer of this quote is of some accepted authority. He has writen several books and was very educated.
This argument offers the propaganda that men are shallow. Because if a women read this she would apply it to a man she knows, and if it fit then she would have to assume that men are shallow. This quote has no persuasion however, it is just an argument with no support at all. It just goes right out and says the 'truth'.
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