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The Problem Of The Unhappy Valley

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Unhappy Valley Everyday humans are faced with dilemmas where they must decide on what considered right, and what is considered wrong. Whether they are fifty or five, all humans face situations like that. There are times when humans make the wrong decision thinking it 's right, or make the right decision, but it’s wrong. When it comes to making decisions, older generations are held to a higher standard than younger generations. That is because they are expected to be responsible and have had to experience difficult life situations, younger generations are known and expected to make the wrong decisions constantly. But in some cases, adults will make that wrong …show more content…

The film spotlights the wrong decisions, and the justifications that come with them. Bar-Lev targets the emotional and logical appeals of his audience while teaching them indirectly on what happened. The rhetoric that is used in Happy Valley appeals the audience’s emotional and logical appeals. Throughout the film, Bar-Lev introduces important key factors, like Sandusky’s adopted son and victim, Matt, Joe Paterno’s wife, two of his son 's, students of Penn State University in 2011, as well as researchers and historians involved with Penn State. Bar-Lev has them open up about their thoughts and feelings on the scandal to focus on how it affected them. Ideally he is affecting the audience’s emotions, allowing them to feel as if they are a part of the story too. Likewise, he focuses on the events leading up to the scandal, the scandal, and the aftermath of the scandal. Bar- Lev likes to produce stories on the difficult and uncomfortable topics that are hard to talk about. He states in a recent interview, “I look for the stories that tweek society’s nerves” (Bar-Lev). Happy Valley, being one of Bar- Lev’s numerous documentaries, does not create an obvious opinion that he holds, instead leaving it up to the audience and their opinions. They are constantly changing their opinions especially on the late Penn State head football coach, Joe Paterno. Paterno knew about Sandusky’s sexual abuse toward the young

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