Blog #14 To dream or not to dream

In the year of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream of everyone in America being equal within each other. This meant anyone and everyone of any gender, ethnicity, and religion to have freedom as the Constitution of the US and Declaration of Independence stated. In my perspective, King's dream has not been recognized because still today in 2014, many people are still criticized by their race, gender, religion and how they live their life. I however think that dreams are irrelevant because people dream of the things that they want to happen in reality yet they don't take action into making those dreams happen. So basically, there really isn't a point in dreaming if you aren't willing to take action and achieve it.

Blog #13 Rhetorical Analysis

     After viewing and analyzing the documentary, Crips and Bloods: Made in America, many rhetorical techniques were used in order to make the audience believe what was happening in South Central, Los Angeles. One of the techniques used was Pathos. Pathos was well used in the documentary because it allowed the audience to visualize the things that were happening during that time such as the riots, fights and the deaths caused by the gangs.
     The director chose to use pathos because it was most effective on the audience. Pathos allowed the audience to feel some type of way. For example, when the mothers were talking about how they lost their loved one to gang violence, it made the audience want to sympathize because we all know that losing a loved one is something difficult to deal with.
     The use of pathos in this documentary was definitely effective on me. I felt sorry for the mothers and those who have lost someone important to them to gang violence. Seeing the different images and clips of the gang violence made me realize how crazy gang members really are.

Blog #12 Effects of Persuasion

Out of all the commercials we watched, I liked the Budweiser one because it was the one that caught my attention the most. The reason why it caught my attention the most was because of the puppy. The puppy in the commercial was super adorable and sweet. It kept escaping to go see its friend, a horse that was on the other side in a farm. The friendship between these 2 different animals gave the commercial a warm image that caught the audiences attention because it made us all smile in a joyful way. The song used in the commercial also had a huge impact on the audience because it was a soft song that made everyone feel some type of happiness/ put us in a good mood.