Rhetorical Analysis

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Alright I know nearly everyone has had to have seen this video at least once. You’re chillin’ on the couch, watching a little comedy central, laughing with some friends…then they show this. Buzz kill! Everyone frantically searches for the remote to change the channel as one of the saddest songs in the world plays to battered puppies.

This video features Sarah McLachlan, singer, song writer, and SPCA supporter. The video begins with a sad dog followed by a stat, ‘every hour an animal is abused’. This obviously, along with the rest of the commercial, displays pathos. This commercials main goal is to play on the audience’s emotion by making them feel guilty. As they show you clip’s of neglected dogs and cats, it makes you feel responsible for not providing for those animals. This is followed by another stat that there are a lot of animals in captivity and they still need money to provide for them. Next they show the absolute saddest part in the commercial, a dog that can’t walk hobbles across the floor and falls down whimpering. It makes me hate the video instantly. No one wants to see that. Seriousness aside for a sec, the cats in this video really don’t get me choked up like the dogs do, I hate cats.

Sarah McLachlan makes the pitch when she is introduced petting a beautiful dog. “Will you be an angel?... for just $18 a month, just 60 cents a day..” Using logos here, the ad basically says “wow you can’t give up the change you get from your lunch money to help an abused puppy… that’s messed up.” Then they let you know what you provide: food, shelter, medical care, and love. Love, of course, your money will buy them love. Also you get a welcome kit for joining and a picture of an animal you helped save!

This commercials ultimate goal is to get money for all the rescued animals at different shelters. I think most people sitting at home with animals do feel guilty and make the call to donate. So, to me, this ad accomplishes what it intended to do. And on an ending note- keep the remote close when watching tv, in case this commercial pops up. Unless you enjoy buzz kills of course.

And in case your still bummed about watching the video, here’s a video of dogs getting us back…

Lets try this out

So here goes my first ever BLOG!
I’m not particularly stoked for doing these, but I would prefer this to some boring paper due every week. I’m not very familiar with the whole set up to blogs, but I do know they are more of a freedom to express you without the usual formalities of writing.
I’m the kind of person that says what’s on my mind, right or wrong, I’ll tell you what I think. So getting to analyze a piece of text in blog form gets me excited. I believe it’s easier to express ones feelings to audience of peers who may or may not agree with you, versus you writing to one particular grader. You’re more aware that your work will be presented to a larger group and you want it to be more interesting than you normally. Not only do you want your opinion to be expressed, you also want to make sure that opinion represents who you are and what you stand for.
I will close this first blog with a quote from Robert Frost…

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader”

I think this quote speaks for itself, but ‘tears’ to me symbolize emotion. If you aren’t passionate about what you’re writing, you can’t expect a passionate and sincere response to it. I hope everyone takes this quote to heart when writing their blogs, as I will be trying my hardest to make mine as interesting as possible for my audience… you!

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