Professor Bollinger December 12‚ 2010 SiCKo: The ThoughtProvoker Michael Francis Moore is a controversial American filmmaker who has directed numerous documentaries. These documentaries have taken a large spectrum of popular American issues and reduced them to one: capitalism. His most popular cinematic works include Bowling for Columbine‚ Fahrenheit 9/11‚ Capitalism: A Love Story‚ and mostnotably‚ SiCKo. With a liberal stance‚ Moore has
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Logos‚ Ethos‚ Pathos- commercials and magazine articles Chris Prunesti Logos- My first example is the logos commercial. The commercial starts out with a television on and the announcer is talking about the super bowl. The TV suddenly goes out and words flash across the screen‚ what would you do if your TV went out? Then it says the 2015 Chevy Colorado has built in Wi-Fi so you could stream the game. This is trying to convince through logic. Platos- The next is Platos that deals with the emotions
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First of all he focuses on the use of logos and‚ especially‚ pathos in the speech. In the first paragraph we can find logos in sentences such as “eight of the other Canadian provinces are overwhelmingly English-speaking”. In this sentence it is obvious that he uses logos because he is informing us about the issue. But what is not as noticeable is that‚ as he is directing his speech towards people of Québec‚ this sentence is also pathos because it is pointing out that the they are a minority
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Summer Jenkins Yuka Polovina Amst 211 Summer Jenkins Yuka Polovina Amst 211 Sick Sick America Michael Moore’s film Sicko is about America’s health care system. The film mainly focuses on middle class Americans that are insured but also shows some incidents with uninsured people. Moore’s main argument is that America has a corrupt health care system and for most there is virtually no way for you to be protected‚ even if you do have insurance. There are many interviews throughout the film
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In the Movie “Sicko” i was enlightened on what’s actually wrong with our US healthcare system. Michael Moore had a lot of criticism towards our system of healthcare. He stated and proved how our healthcare system just doesn’t work. It is bad for both Physicians and patients alike. He showed how people get denied health care and turned away like they are worthless. It was very moving. The US healthcare system looked so ineffective compared to the countries he outlined in the documentary. These countries
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Gabriela V. Hernandez Prof. Thomas PHI2604 12 November 2014 Film review of “Sicko” Michael Moore’s last two films were based on opinions that many people vehemently opposed: that America has too many guns‚ and that George W. Bush is a bad president. It didn’t matter how persuasive the films might have been‚ because half the population disagreed with them before the opening credits even rolled. But with “Sicko‚” Moore turns his attention to the American healthcare system‚ and his central theme
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to flee‚ the narrator says‚ “Here’s a couple of things America got right‚ cars and freedom” (Dodge Challenger Freedom Commercial). With the intention of inspiring the public to purchase this car‚ the ad focuses primarily on the use of ethos and pathos. The ethos in this ad is abundant‚ primarily revolving around George Washington. The ad uses George Washington to promote credibility in the brand. George Washington is a name synonymous with courage‚ freedom and
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Aristotelian Logic From some time in 400 B.C. to today‚ the use of Aristotelian logic has been a big influence on people and their opinions. Using ethos as the character of the speaker‚ pathos to show emotion and logos to show logic‚ companies make good promotion of their products with greater influence on the consumer. The other day I saw a commercial that instantly caught my eye. This commercial featured Jack form Jack in the Box; Jack in the Box restaurant was founded in 1951 by a man named
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"Mid-course Reflection" Please respond to the following: Discuss your overall perceptions of the English Composition course thus far. Describe the course concepts that either have seemed familiar or have confused to you. Determine the one (1) or two (2) specific concepts that you would you like explore further. Assist your classmates by sharing your knowledge in relation to their responses. This research and writing course has helped me with brushing up on some much needed skills with my writing
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Advertisement Chart How does the ad use logos? How does the ad use pathos? How does the ad use ethos? Does the ad seem effective to you? Explain your reasoning. Your favorite electronic device Actor demonstrates some of the many features of the device. The actor seems to be very happy while using the device. Aaron Paul is a widely known actor and is endorsing this product. This ad seems as though it would be very effective‚ due to the celebrity endorsement‚ and the joy the actor appears
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