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Poem Analysis: R. I. P The Headphone Jack

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In xX420_MLG_McSwaggertonXx meme “R.I.P the headphone Jack” the concept of having control over certain parts of our lives is argued. This image depicts arthur, creating a fist of his hands. The character Arthur is from a television show called Arthur. Arthur is usually filled with energy and very happy in each episode. This pictures gives us an angle of his fist only. The angle lets the viewer assume Arthur is holding back anger through clenching his fists. In the his fist is an edited part. It is the 3.5mm headphone jack. Apple decided to remove the headphone jack from their upcoming and future lines of phones. This prompted the meme to say, “When they pass you the aux but you have an Iphone 7.” The text in the image creates a scene of friends …show more content…

This scene has Dramatic irony because we know the kid doesn’t have a headphone jack but the other people in the car are oblivious to this fact. Interestingly, the author decided to include a juxtaposition between Arthur's charismatic attitude and the idea that he is mad at something. This image also creates pathos for that kid in the moment and all the people who will eventually upgrade to this new phone. Furthermore, this image also uses misdirection by expecting the answer to be the person you are passing the “aux cord” had low battery or terrible music but instead had no headphone jack at all. Additionally, this meme is directed towards teens and kids who are in a socioeconomic position to have a phone at such a young age and know about technology. Although adults would understand the humor, they will not be affected by this change as much as the intended audience will. In technological history we tend to see a pattern and trend with new ideas and ways of designs. Our generation was brought up on the principles of “no matter how small your voice is, you can make a change.” What we see in these trends are people criticizing the change but eventually accepting the fact that they can’t change

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