Evaluating Death Penalty Paragraphs

I thought that Kroll's essay was much more effective because of it use of Pathos. The Pathos really made me feel bad for him and his situation. The story that he used really appealed to me as well because of the amount of Pathos that it used. I thought that Menken's essay was a little confusing it also used a lot of ethos and logos which are not very appealing to me. I find that pathos appeals to me more therefore this is why I did not find Menken's essay as agreeable with.

"Sixteen Military Wives"

1. The song is talking about how military wives are suffering because their husbands are away working hard for our country while everyone else sits around doing nothing and taking our military for granted.
2. The theme of the song is that everyone should be thankful for our military and the work that they do.

"Race for the Prize"

The theme of Race for the Prize is that to get what you want you sometimes have to go to extreme measures to get it. In the song the two scientists both want the same thing but have to fight to get what they want. In the lyrics it says, "Theirs is to win if it kills them" this shows that they must go to extreme measures to get the prize that they want. It also says, "Forging for the future but to sacrifice their lives both of them side by side so determined" this statement also helps the theme because it shows what they must go through so that they are able to get what they want. 

JFK's speech fallacies

The quote I chose from the speech that commits a fallacy is the quote, "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet and hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of the liberty."
This quotes commits the fallacy of begging the question because he is saying that to assure the survival and success of our nation we must do all of these things. All of these things do not assure that we will have survival and success but he makes us think we must do these things by using this fallacy.
Speeches that commit so many fallacies are so very famous because they say things that make sense to us before we think about it logically. The speeches are very famous because they say very simple, wrong things that seem to make a lot of sense to us before we actually think logically about it. This is what makes them so very famous.

Duck and Cover

The overt message is too duck and cover when you seen a flash or siren for an atomic bomb. We know this because it was clearly stated throughout the clip. They showed many different people ducking and covering when they heard a siren or saw a flash.

The covert message is that we are not safe. They never actually say that we are not safe; they just say that duck and cover could decrease our chances of being injured. Also throughout the clip they are pretty positive that sometime in the future an atomic bomb will hit and we are not prepared.

This is informational because it is just letting you know what to do if something like this ever happens to you. It does not contain propoganda.

Destination Earth

The overt message is that oil is a great attribute to America and we should buy it. I know this because throughout the clip the martians are intrigued on how our society can be run so perfectly on oil. This shows us how much oil is needed in America and what runs on it.

There is no covert message because this is persuasion. There is a lot of logos throughout the clip. It is mainly facts about oil and America. This also uses the bandwagon technique that everyone is using oil so we should too.

Eat Less Bread

The overt message is to eat less bread.
The covert message is you need to help out our military and you can do this by eating less bread.
This is propaganda because on the poster they just write eat less bread. Without thinking about it you eat less bread which ends up helping the military. Therefore, this shows that the people are helping the military without realizing it.

The Clash "Clampdown"

The lyrics of the clampdown are about Nazis and how the work that they did was completely wrong in society.
I know this because in the song it says, "Taking off his turban, they said, is this man a Jew?" Also they say, "We train our blue-eyed men To be young believers." Both of these quotes indicate that they are talking about Nazi Germany.

The song has a very harsh sound showing that the clampdown is wrong. The loudness and shortness of their voices also shows that they are not happy with what is going on at the clampdown.

This song is saying that they are using propaganda to make people believe what they are doing is right. For example they say, "We will teach our twisted speech." This indicates that they are telling the people lies to make them think that the clampdown is okay.

Propaganda, Persuasion, and Deception

265, 268, 290, 294

290. The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words. PHILIP K. DICK

While reading this quote I kept thinking of 1984 which we have just recently read in class. In the book Big Brother changed the history so that the people knew nothing of what had happened before. He changed the words and manipulated the people into believing him so that he could stay in control. This happens not only in fictional societies but around you everyday.
This quote is showing both propaganda and rhetoric. Without realizing it people get you to believe things all the time just based on the way they said something or the way that they twisted the truth. This quote exemplifies propaganda in its greatest. This quote is also an example of rhetoric because it is saying that people use certain things in language to get you to believe them. They may change it or use a certain technique to make you buy in to what they are saying.
Ads do this everyday when they are trying to sell their product. They tell you false information that you will go off and tell the next friend you see. This is their way of manipulating you into buying their product. For example, they say "This shoe won the worldwide contest for best comfort!" This makes you believe that the shoe is very comfortable so you buy it. Politicians do this frequently as well. In their campaign ads they will tell you false facts about the other candidate that makes you believe them and turns you against the other candidate.
The manipulation of words happens everyday and is a very good propaganda technique for tricking people into believing them.