Rhetorical Analysis Of Waiting For Superman

In the city of Los Angeles is Fremont High School, and unlike most schools in the country, this one runs on a three-track schedule, meaning that it is open year round with short numerous breaks throughout the year. The school contains 3,300 students in attendance year round and being that the school is lacking in funds and hindering the students from following their dreams, this is very impactful on a large amount of people beause it lacks also preparation for college. In the article, “Fremont High School”, Jonathan Kozol examines the conditions of Fremont High School from the perspective of the students, and teachers alike. He uses statistics that have been submitted to the courts during depositions and student recounts of activity. Jonathan Kozol uses persuasive techniques such as ethos, logos, and pathos in the article, “Fremont High School”, to persuade the audience, members of society, that they can help by providing funds, because of the lack of funding it has caused a disservice to the students, causing students to struggle with following their dreams.

In this cartoon, the artist captures what standardized testing does for students which, according to the cartoon, is absolutely nothing. The cartoonist uses labeling to indicate the he is referring to the expression “ Square peg, Round hole.” This is posted on a sign behind the student so that the audience is drawn to it after looking at the student. This allows the audience to understand the cartoon. Otherwise, the audience might not know that the student is being compared to a round hole. The analogy here is comparing students and standardized testing to a square peg and a round hole. This allows the audience to understand that standardized testing does not work. The exaggeration here is that standardized testing could

After reading “Superman and Me,” the reader may realize that the story is an account of the affect reading had on Alexie’s whole life. In turn this leads to the discovery of the story’s theme. The theme of Sherman Alexie’s “Superman and Me” is that education is valuable, and culture or background do not correlate to

Taking the bad in with the good, although you may be the perfect classification in order to be targeted in todays society. How you’re classified is based on things such as a persons race, intellect, social class, and appearance. A 2009 film, The Blind Side, written and directed by John Lee Hancock stars, Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw, is based on a true story. This movie tells a story that truly depicts simple acts of kindness that has the capability to change a persons life.

John Gatto’s “Against School” is a persuasive essay arguing both the ineffectiveness and negative outcomes of today’s public school system. Not only does Gatto provide credibility with his experience as a teacher, but he also presents historical evidence that suggests that the public school system is an outdated structure, originally meant to dumb down students as well as program them to be obedient pawns in society. Fact and authority alone do not supplement his argument. Gatto also uses emotional appeals, such as fear and doubt, to tear down the reader’s trust in the schooling system. Although it may seem to be so, Gatto’s argument is not one sided. He also offers suggestions to make the educational system more efficient at the hands of

In Sherman Alexie’s “Superman and Me,” he uses rhetorical strategies to achieve his purpose of reaching his audience. He uses analogies to depict something confusing with something simple to understand. Syntax gives the readers an idea of Alexie when he was first learning to read. Finally, his emphasis on anaphora allows the audience to see his relentlessness to keep reading. The use of analogy, syntax, and anaphora persuades his audience to agree with Alexie’s purpose of this essay.

During the 1960's, Black African Americans had to face multiple social conditions and attitudes. Many were living in poverty or low-income communities, with either no education or very limited education. This certain community during this time period was neglected, rejected, and disrespected by the American society. In Martin Luther King's book "Why We Can't Wait", he uses rhetorical strategies and devices like parallelism, repetition, imagery, and rhetorical questions in order to seek social change in the United States.

In 2010, Davis Guggenheim released one of the years most talked about documentaries, Waiting for Superman. His film was an eye opening, to many, look at the failings of the U.S. school system. The film follows five students across the U.S., who range in grade level from kindergarten to eighth grade, as they try and escape the public school system through a lottery for a chance admission to a charter school. Guggenheim lays the blame for the failing public education system at the feet of the various teachers unions, and makes a plea for the public in general to get involved in reforming the system. By analyzing Waiting for Superman through a sociological perspective, issues of inequality will be explained using the theoretical approach

Rhetorical Superheroes may be all around the world, but if you take a deeper look at all of them, some might stand out as a little more “super” to you. When I think about Rhetorical Superheroes, there is one off the top of my head that is important to me. His name is Jason Ren and he is currently a student at Harvard University. He was someone who made an impact in the community I group up in through powerful language expressed by his actions volunteering and helping others. I was fortunate enough to know Jason personally as he was a good friend of mine who I played soccer with for many years. We would hang out a lot and have shared many good memories with each other.

Although the documentary is coined the name Waiting for Superman, there in truth, is no Superman coming to the rescue. No hero in a red and blue cape is going to save these children from the horrors of growing up without an actual education. These children are left to a failing system because teachers simply just do not care about how they are affecting their lives. One of the strongest forms of emotional appeal in this documentary revolves around the raffle to get into a charter school. The narrator explains that these children’s futures are being “placed in the hands of luck.” Guggenheim is able to establish feelings of sickness for those who do not get selected and he creates a sadness that is sure to make his audience weep for the children that leave with drooping shoulders and forced

“The Dark Knight,” a movie directed and produced by Christopher Nolan, depicts the way a system of justice deals with terrorism. If an archetype is defined as a symbol that exists instinctively in the collective consciousness of the human race, the terrorism in Batman The Dark Knight represents an archetype through the violence, murder of the innocent, mayhem and mass destruction. Governments often lay down laws and procedures for a country to function, and to avoid anarchy. The laws promote wellness, equality, and justice, but sometimes even these entities of justice are forced to break the law for a greater good. In contemporary U.S. history, President Barack Obama, the head of one of the most powerful

DC Comic’s Green Arrow and the Flash operate within the blurred lines of morality to justify their pursuits to stop crime. When audiences attribute their moral reasoning to Green Arrow and the Flash, it seems they, the main character, can do no wrong. It is only when the character deviates outside the audiences moral compass that the audience perceive a lack of sound judgment. Green Arrow and The Flash fight crime for different reasons. The Green Arrow fights crime to punish those who have failed his city. In contrast, the Flash fights to preserve the inherent goodness of mankind. TV advertisements for The Flash season three and Arrow season five rely on the use of pathos, persuasion through emotion, to ground the audience in reality. By appealing to pathos (emotional persuasion), the audience is more likely to concede to the ethos (ethical persuasion), logos (logical persuasion), and kairos (a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action) of a character. To take a case in point, if the individual becomes emotionally invested in a character, then the character’s actions seem more credible, ethical, and logical. This hypothesis functions on the idea that individuals believe that they themselves would not act unjustly. Advertisements for Arrow use pathos to appeal to people whose lives have been full of detachment. This is often reflected in the dark thematic tones of the advertisements and the use of darker lighting. Also, advertisements put

Waiting for "Superman" is based on different ethnicity, living environments, and the resources available to them for their education. Many of them are living in poverty, their parents might not have enough money to give them a great education. In the movie, we have five main characters. Their names are Daisy Esparza, from Los Angeles, Francisco Regalado, from the Bronx. We have Anthony, he is also from the Bronx, and lastly, Emily, who is from a suburb in California called Redwood City. They are trying their best to keep them on track in school and help them maybe one day get into college. This starts by the simple face, of taking consent care of them and putting attention on their children. It also shows how many teachers don't care about their student's such as the teacher that Francisco had. Her mother tried to get in contact to see Francisco's progress in reading. The teacher wouldn't answer any calls or any offices call from her. It shows the importance of tenure, which is a contract for teachers that had been there for ten years. They can't get fired over political views, and

In this essay, I would like to expound upon important points in the documentary Waiting on Superman while also describing the forthcoming challenges of the charter school expansion that the movie portrayed as a possible solution for racial inequality in education. Waiting for Superman produced by David Guggenheim gets his name because of the predicament schooling in the US has put kids in. US public schools are so hard to repair that it feels as though it would take someone with superpowers just to change the conditions for downtrodden low-income students of color. These conditions include but are not limited to, an outdated education model of preparing school kids to participate in the workforce, huge economic disparities between public schools

A beloved Woodrow Wilson High School AP English and Creative Writing teacher planned to introduce a new play to his students. The play is the precedent for a movie of the same name. He wanted the students to get a visual of the images depicted in the book. So he bought in the movie with hopes that his academically achieving class would understand the book even more than they initially did. However, when the lights switch went down, so did 75% of his higher excellence students heads.