The Braindead Megaphone: Movie Analysis

In conclusion, Coach Gaines speech “Being Perfect” is a very powerful, emotional motivating speech, during the speech many rhetorical devices, along with a bunch of pathos are used. The Purpose is to motivate the players to play even harder the last two games of their championship

Imagine; you’re at a party with your friends just having a casual chat, when all of the sudden a man with a megaphone starts yelling about whatever it is he’s thinking about in that moment. How are you and your friends supposed to continue your conversation when all you can hear is this stranger yelling about how much he loves early mornings in spring? George Saunders begins his essay “The Braindead Megaphone” with this exact scenario - the megaphone being used as a metaphor. Saunders uses the metaphor of the megaphone to depict, and further - criticize the way news media has been corrupted and how this impacts the people that have become subject

Each “hearer” also interprets what he hears as a beholder.  Consequently, if an English speaker, or writer desires to convey a message, truth, fiction or nonfiction, entertainment, persuasion, evidence of fact, he must use correct language, perhaps colloquialisms, be aware of the listeners, their education, culture, motivation and attention. The written and spoken language can be used to deceive as well as to inform.  Advertisement, celebrities, leading preachers, politicians are used to provide a single perspective, not thorough information leading to a reasoned conclusion.

This paper will analyze the film Remember the Titans through a social psychological perspective using principles that are depicted throughout the film. This film takes place in Virginia during the segregation years. One African American coach is picked to be head coach at a school in the suburbs. His team is forced to play with another team that is all white males. Both coaches and players have to go through many difficult trials and tribulations. At first the teams show out and let eachother know that they don’t like each other but in the end become good friend in spite of the segregation. This paper will analyze this film through the social psychological principles of racism, conformity and

Sports psychology deals with the mental and emotional aspects of physical performance. It involves describing, explaining and predicting attitudes, feelings and behaviours in an attempt to improve performance. In the film 'Coach Carter,' directed by Thomas Carter, sport psychology is used effectively to enhance the performance of a high school basketball team. However, this improved performance is not limited to the basketball court, it extends into the classroom where the students use goal setting, motivation, concentration and confidence control, ultimately to become accepted into college, avoiding a life of drugs, gangs and prison.

The article "Mind Over Mass Media" by Steven Pinker uses logos, ethos, pathos, and other rhetorical elements to effectively communicate that mass media is a positive development and is not a reason for panic. The first noticeable rhetorical element in Pinker’s essay is the presence of a rhetorical triangle. A rhetorical triangle is made up of a rhetor, the audience, and the rhetor’s purpose. In this essay Steven Pinker is the rhetor because is the one trying to make a point to the audience. The audience is the reader of the article who is listening to the rhetor. Finally, the text or point the rhetor is trying to make is that e effects of mass media are not a cause for panic. In fact mass media is an effective way for humans to keep up with the modern age. The clearly defined rhetorical triangle in Steven Pinker’s essay is a surface level example of rhetorical elements in the text.

Author Kris Vervaecke wrote an essay titled, "A Spectator's Notebook," for Writers in Sports. She talked about sports and how they affect different generations. Vervaecke supports her claim by showing how much she loves sports and by using her children as examples throughout the essay. Her son, Ben, represents strength, determination, and talent because of how successful he was in golf, and before he leaves for college he puts in Michael Jordan’s Air Time, that united Ben and Vervaecke. On the other hand, Vervaecke’s daughter, Emily, is a bench-warmer and was told she is only smart not athletic, so she was “benched” in the classroom. She then talks about her other son, Andrew, and describes him as the true athlete of the family because of how much people liked him. Vervaecke’s purpose is to show that sports are not just about something fun to do or watch, but can have a motivational impact that can affect someone's emotions, and she does this by developing an influential tone.  Although Vervaecke mainly talks about her experiences and her childrens throughout the essay, her experiences apply to many students across the country. Many student-athletes are very successful in their futures because of what sports have taught them. Students should be involved in sports because student-athletes learn responsibility, how to manage their time, and take care of their psychological

After reading this article I have realized that everything that is not our own thought could be in some way a megaphone. The biggest one of these being mainstream media. In Article Six, Saunders says, “In the beginning there is a blank mind. Then that mind gets an idea in it, and the trouble begins, because the mind mistakes the idea for the world.”1 To the media our minds are a blank page. Their jobs are to fill those blank pages with things to keep us interested even if it isn’t relevant to our lives now. We see what they want us to see, not exactly what we need to see. By filling those blank pages they get us hooked on and keep us coming back for more. A great example I see day to day are the different news stations rambling on about politics firmly stating what they believe to be the correct stand-point on a specific issue. They want us to believe what they believe by filling our blank minds with their views in a direction that will convince us is right. Along with filling our blank minds, the media tends to find ways to distract us. It distracts us by showing us things that

His teaching styles were very unintentional but you could tell what he was doing. Since he had experienced a similar situation when he was once on a team, he had wanted to give his team a different form of coaching that they wouldn’t have had expected at Richmond High School. Coach Carter did a very exquisite job at portraying these learning styles, knowing that there could have been consequences to a certain amount. It was gratifying to see that Coach Carter would do anything for his team, win or lose, he wanted them to come out successful and at least learn something even if it was a

If a writer wanted to appeal to the audience, what would he have to do? He is going to have to utilize some rhetorical devices of course! Rhetorical devices are key in writing persuasion papers and just any paper that is meant to be read to an audience. In the Inauguration Speech of 1961 given by President John F. Kennedy, he was able to really connect with his audience that day by using lots of different rhetorical devices. By using chiasmus, anaphoras, and metaphors, JFK was able to effectively reach and persuade people to have faith in him despite his age and religion.

All throughout history we have used metaphors to describe people, places, events and emotions; so it is perfectly fitting to describe the mediums with which we project our ideas as a metaphor as well. This is Neil Postman 's basis for his book Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. Television and other media outlets have conditioned us to accept entertainment in every aspect of life; but most of all it masks the state of public affairs and politics. Through his book, Postman begs that we recognize the ways in which media shapes our lives and how we can use them to serve us instead of hurt us. Broken into two parts, Amusing Ourselves to Death focuses on a historical analysis of media, then discusses the television media-metaphor in more detail. Postman examines how media has infected every aspect of public discourse by prizing entertainment as the standard of truth.

Taking the counselor’s advice, my subject tried out for football, which led him into the educational world of the black athlete. “I became somewhat of an ‘untouchable’ as far as the teachers were concerned. My coaches got tutors for me, but instead of helping me with my homework they sort of did it for me.” The fact that my subject was a good student, an intelligent student, became overshadowed by the idea that the only way he would be able to go to college was through sports.

Hoggan’s chapter 10, Finding the Right Thing to Do: A User’s Guide to Public Relations Success, state that the context in which a conversation is presented is important for effective communication. In a fast-paced world since “people use “frames,” mental shortcuts to form opinions” (p. 113). So, it is important to understand the how, who, and how the message aligns with a person’s bias, is equally as important to what is said (Hoggan, 2009). Moreover, to maintain control of an undesirable situation it’s important to be proactive and define your story now, so your prepared to respond by connecting your interests to the audiences (Hoggan, 2009).

If you had the chance to watch your favorite movie as if it was your first time, would you take it? Do you find the idea of seeing your most cherished cinematic moments with fresh eyes? Would you like to experience the surprise or suspense of a film without prior knowledge spoiling it for you? According to comedians Matt Braunger and Ron Funches, the answer is a resounding “yes.” Movie Mind Machine explores what it would be like if there was a device that could wipe your memory of a film, thereby allowing you to experience it as though you had never seen it before. Clocking in at around twelve minutes in length, this 2015 short science fiction mockumentary was directed by Maureen Bharoocha, who co-wrote the script Eric Cunningham. Boasting humorous dialogue, near-perfect delivery, and a cautionary message about overindulgent

In “ The Braindead Megaphone” George Saunders introduces the importance media plays in our lives through use of megaphone guy. The megaphone is so loud that no matter how much we try to resist its influence, we will always inevitably incorporate its thoughts and believes into our own. The use of media makes us incapable of understanding real world problems because things mainly showed on television are meaningless representations of violence and wealth. Thus when media tries to trick us, time and quality of the delivered information is limitted. In response, people cannot comprehend the information address correctly and remain passive and tolerant about the stupid things that are actually being delivered. As Saunders states " our national language so dumped down-- that we are sitting ducks"(Saunders 6) People tend to stay passive when they fear that their actions will make things worst, so rely on those who have power over it “ relives us of the burden of living with ambiguity.” therefor to justify irrational acts media has been using terms as “ unfortunate but necessary collateral damage.” Media is providing us ideas on the world that makes us feel lonely, different from people outside our culture and making everyone else less understandable more violent and thus dangerous towards our nation and that “the world is full of