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.
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