Ethos Pathos And Logos In Blackfish

In terms of pathos, Blackfish is also strong in delivering an argument appeal to emotion. These SeaWorld trainers gave their personal stories in the documentary, all sharing how they were so excited to work with the animals when first applying and getting the job. They all explained how they truly were able to develop relationships with Tilikum and the other orcas during their time at SeaWorld. When talking about the incidents between Tilikum and trainer Dawn Brancheau, the trainers’ emotion is shown when they stutter in their words, cry, and give their deepest regrets

Yet this wasn’t the end of Tilikum’s frustration and stress. Sea land shortly closed its doors after the incident and put Tilikum, the largest orca in captivity at the time up for sale which didn’t last very long as Sea World purchased the whale. Tilikum was bought for breeding but was eventually put to perform training day by day and put through even more stress and frustration, knawing on the concrete walls and metal bars. Tilikum even at Sea World was still targeted by the other whales, continuously attacked, resulting him to be so under pressure and stressed that his dorsal fin eventually flipped over on

Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite in the documentary, Blackfish (2013), argues that captivity triggers aggression in killer whales. Cowperthwaite supports her argument by demonstrating shocking footage and emotional interviews to present a convincing case against keeping these animals in captivity and for human entertainment. The author’s purpose is to show the problems that are caused by captivity in order to aware the audience that keeping killer whales in captivity affects their behavior mentally and physically. The author writes in resentful tone to Sea World, the people who visited Sea World, and those who were present during the killer whale incident. Gabriela Cowperthwaite argues that keeping killer whales in captivity at SeaWorld affects their mentality due to how they are being treated. She makes this argument by applying pathos, ethos, and logos.

Black Fish uses the death of a recognized Killer Whale trainer at SeaWorld, Dawn Brancheau who was one of Tilikums trainers thorough his twenty years in captivity, almost as a framing device to explore the theory that possessing Orcas in captivity is corrupt and unnatural for the whales. In Black fish, there are many different tragedies that went on while the Orcas were in captivity. Fisher men separated the young from the mothers and took them into SeaWorld. Many of the workers were unaware of all of the immoral actions they were taking part in. Tilikum was the Killer Whale that ended up killing Dawn Brancheau and causing a stir in SeaWorld. Having Orcas in captivity damages them but, the trainers were scared to leave because they want to continue to care for the whales. There is a relationship shared with the trainers and the whales yet it is obvious that very little was taught in the SeaWorld industry about these intelligent mammals.

In the truth revealing documentary “Blackfish”, the film reveals what these killer whales in entertainment parks such as SeaWorld go through, along with the trainers who work with them. The documentary shows clips and pictures of the killer whales mauling the trainers, and whales fighting each other resulting in

If you have ever been to Seaworld you would have had to go see the Killer whales in fact its one of the top attractions there. Through the eyes of a child, these gentle giants seem to be happy, healthy, and enjoying a playful game with their trainers. The question is are they really happy, do they get treated the right way, and why have there been deaths and injuries. Many people wonder about these things and after the movie Blackfish came out more and more people began to question how well Seaworld treats their animals. “The truth is that Sea World keeps its animals for entertainment and money and helps no one but themselves.”- Animal Legal Defense Fund

Ethos, pathos, and logos are all devices that Barbara Ehrenreich effectively uses throughout her novel Nickel and Dimed to prove that America needs to address the commonly overlooked issue of poverty within every community. It is important that she uses all three devices because they help support her argument by increasing her credibility, connecting to the readers’ emotions, and appealing to their sense of logic. The combination of these devices puts a sense of urgency on the problem Ehrenreich is addressing and therefore creates an effective argument.

In the documentary “Blackfish” it talks about orcas or other known as killer whales being confined at SeaWorld. The documentary shows us and explains to us how barbaric it is to keep these majestic creatures captive. These orcas should not be called killer whales. They have only become killers from captivity driving them mad. Like it says in the movie there are no known reports of orcas killing any humans in the wild. This would be an example of logos. It gives us information of how many humans have been killed by wild orcas against how many killed by orcas in captivity. The director of this documentary also uses a lot of pathos as well as logos. One of the main example of pathos would be just about anytime they would talk about

We the people live in a world filled with ominous and perplexing events that make us question if the world we live in is actually as transparent as we perceive it. In the documentary, Ethos: Time to Unslave Humanity, we get an interpretation of America’s political, economical, and social being and how everything is less concrete than openly known. Extremely far from stone cold facts, there are still ideas and arguments that are being made throughout that attempt to achieve aspects of ethos, pathos, and logos.

One may believe that seaworld is a wonderful place, where families spend their valuable time together, not knowing what happens to the animals once they leave. In the 1900's, orcas were taken from the wild, only to be put in relentless captivity for every one else's entertainment. Blind to the fact that their captivity turns the orcas agressive. There have been countless trade gives where the orcas had attacked their trainers and ended up killing one. Tilikum is a note worthy example of an agressive orca in seaworld. Tilikum was the cause for most of the attacks on the trainers. Staff started to realize that Tilikum behavior caused by how long tilikum was kept captive. It is also worth mentioning that orcas would commonly attacked each other

The rhetorical situation of the documentary is presented by director and writer Gabriela Cowperthwaite when she brings to light the history of Seaworld and it’s famous orca, Tilikum by recruiting former trainers and whale experts. The context of the film is explained when it dives into the orca attacks, the most recent victim being Dawn Brancheau who was killed by Tilikum in 2010. The principle aim to this documentary is that orcas should not be held in captivity because it is detrimental to their mind citing past incidents throughout Tilikum’s life. I found this “text” to be effective because it highlights the developed brain of an orca, former incidents with Tilikum, and consistent concealment of blame from

The film is directly targeted at the general population, with the intent to notify the public about the cruel management and the inhumane practices of SeaWorld. They use Logos to assure that Orca whales are more than a simple creature. They inform the audience that Orcas are intellectual, and are capable of understanding emotion. The film supports this claim by further saying that orcas have a limbic system that is more complex than that of humans. Additionally, Blackfish supports its argument by claiming that scientists have used MRI's on the whales, proving them to be conscious of human-like relationships and feelings. This source of Logos becomes very apparent when the film shows the Orca whales being taken from their ocean environment. They become lethargic and show signs of depression while captive in their tanks. Another sign of the whales having the capacity to understand emotion and human-like relationships is when one of the mother Orcas gives birth. Form research, it is found

Cowperthwaite’s Blackfish looks specifically at how Tilikum the Orcinus orca or simply orca attacked trainer, Dawn Brancheau and several others at SeaWorld. By showing the process of capturing orcas and their life captivity, this documentary exposes SeaWorld and its exploitation of orcas. Blackfish focused on one main Orca, Tilikum. He is one of the only males in captivity that has impregnated most, if not all the female orcas. Several people have lost their life because of Tilikum.

At a young age, Tilikum was captured and made to perform for a park known as SeaLand; however, in the custody of the park Tilikum was kept with larger whales where they abused him along with park employees. Due to the abuse that Tilikum suffered, it caused him to claim the life of a female park employee in 1991. Even though SeaWorld was made aware of this incident, it still did not stop them from allowing their trainers to enter the water with him. In 1999 and 2010 SeaWorld’s Daniel P. Dukes and Dawn Brancheau became Tilikum’s second and third victim to be killed. One would think after the first incident that Tilikum would be set free, but it is more practical to have a whale that performs and makes

In captivity, killer whales become very aggressive which has led to many trainer deaths. The first death Tilikum was involved in occurred at Sea land. During training, he was starved as punishment and bullied by other whales, which added to the psychosis he had already experienced. On February 20, 1991 during a show the trainer fell in the pool. Tilikum immediately pulled her down and back up to the surface repeatedly. He finally did this enough that she died. After her death, Sea Land closed down and Tilikum was sold to Sea World. After arriving at Sea World, Tilikum was still being bullied by other whales. He was finally isolated from the others and left alone the majority of the time. Being left