In the movie “Blackfish” by Gabriela Cowperthwaite talks about the enclosed habitat of killer whales. By 1960 a large exhibition when on to catch killer whales to put on for entertainment. Over the course of catching killer whales over 70 different incidents have happened. Leading thus killing many helpless trainers . The filmmaker uses a lot of ethos, pathos and logos in the film in many different ways to persuade the audience that the containment of killer whales is inhuman. In the Documentary
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An article published by The Huffington Post states that “An 8-month old girl survived a house fire thanks to her family’s heroic pet dog.” “The 8-month old girl was kept safe by the dog as he used his body to shield the infant from the flames.” In the article, “A Change of Heart about Animals” by Jeremy Rifkin, he asserts that “animals feel pain, suffer, and experience stress, affection, excitement and even love.” I believe animals are exceptionally similar to humans. They should be studied more
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The roar of the crowd, the splash of cool blue water, and the spectacular stunts that are performed by the killer whale and his trainer may leave you speechless. Killer whales have spent more than 50 years in captivity, and has caused much controversy as to whether they should be freed. What some people don't think about is what the effects are of having killer whales in captivity versus keeping them in the wild. Some things that differ wild killer whales from captive killer whales are how much they
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“Courageous” and “outgoing” are two words to describe Josie Cortez. One would not expect a 5’1” spitfire like her to be a five-star basketball player, but she defies all stereotypes and expectations. “You can accomplish anything with a good positive source of inspiration,” she said. “My biggest motivation has to be my baby brother, Jude, because I want to be someone he can look up to and a positive influence on him, he drives me to be the best person I can be because he’s so important to me.” In
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“Hero’s Journey” Analysis The advertisement “Hero’s Journey” by Kia Motors America is effective at persuading the audience to invest in their cars. The star of the commercial, Melissa McCarthy, comically demonstrates how the 2017 Kia Niro is integral in her efforts to be an “eco warrior” (Kia). This commercial successfully takes advantage of timing, humor, and its audiences concern about the environment to promote the vehicle. Part of the commercial’s success is due to its use of pathos: the rhetorical
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manifold into something much greater than anything imaginable like the death of loved ones. Being able to come off as a noble and good hearted person but still planting seeds of doubt into others is exactly why Iago used rhetorical questions like, “Did Michael Cassio, When you wooed my lady, know of your love?” (3, iii, 93-94) When an insecure person is asked such questions, it only serves as fuel to a once small fire and in Iago’s case,
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The advertisement gets the audience attention effectively by utilizing the rhetorical element of pathos. The advertisement does this by using an overweight boy so that the viewers can in a way relate to this boy struggle of trying to lose weight and be active. By doing so the advertisement makes the audience feel empathy for the boy. The advertisement also appeals to your emotions by staying in just a single shot of just the boy jogging; by doing so you get a full view of the facial expression visually
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In Othello, Shakespeare develops an indecisive tone through the use of dramatic irony and metaphors in order to characterize Othello as tentative. In the soliloquy, Shakespeare develops an indecisive tone by using metaphors to further characterize Othello as tentative. Shakespeare utilizes this soliloquy to employ metaphors which reveal Othello’s uncertainty after being told that Desdemona is unfaithful. The tone which is also evident within the soliloquy helps to further develop the uncertainty
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that the lining in this situation is Michael Jordan. The only time that Michael Jordan failed at basketball is when he did not make his high school team. After that he went on to have one of the most illustrious basketball careers ever. As you can see from his stats he was a dominant player throughout his fifteen year career.
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Iago’s treachery runs deeper than first thought while reading Act I of Othello. In Act II it is learned that not only is Iago planning on taking Desdemona from Othello, but also stealing Cassio’s position as The Moore’s first lieutenant. It seems that in Act II Iago revises his plan to take down Othello, his new plan includes having Cassio make a drunken fool of himself. Iago accomplishes this by making Rodrigo believe that Cassio is making advances towards Desdemona as well, in order to make Rodrigo
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