When I was looking for public service ad to analysis, I saw a poster that is magical and very interestingly propagandist. This poster seemed similar to World War II Soviet Union and Nazis propaganda posters. It has very distinct style and very mind boggling title that you never going to understand, unless you make some research on it. After seeing the poster, I felt that I had to know the meaning behind this puzzling design, and most importantly the message of the poster and the reasons why the author including the things that are hard to analysis and explain. To do the analyzing, I will use Rhetorical triangle and Toulmin analysis. Rhetorical triangle analysis consists of the text (Logos), author (Ethos), and audience (Pathos). The Toulmin analysis consists six parts: claim, data, warrant, qualifier, backing, and rebuttal. …show more content…
It consists of six parts: claim, data (evidence), warrant, qualifier, backing, and rebuttal as I mentioned earlier. From those thesis, support, and warrant always present and qualifier, backing, and rebuttal may not be present. Based on Toulmin analysis, the claim of this poster is that America needs better gun control. Fairey didn’t state his evidence directly on his poster, because he didn’t need to. The general population already know his evidence. Aurora theater shooting, Sandy Hook elementary shooting,Virginia Tech, and Columbine High School. People watched the news of these horror events on TV and heard on radio. Some witnessed the violence in their open eyes. The warrant of this poster is that people want peace and love. In today’s world, we need those things more than ever, because they are the base to solve our problems. Even-though, there are some organized groups that kill people and try to disrupt our peace, I will tell you that every single person on this planet wants peace and prosperity (Backing). Without those things nothing is getting