Waiting For Superman Rhetorical Analysis

Guggenheim's use of pathos in the film is horrible. Horrible in the sense that the audience is sucked into a black hole of empathy for these five families. There is Anthony the boy who lost his father to drugs. Bianca, the little girl who couldn't graduate. Daisy, the girl who has the brains but not the school. Francisco, so adorable it breaks you’re heart he can’t receive proper education. Emily, the one who is almost out of time. It’s not a coincidence all of these children have at least one challenging condition they live with everyday. Nor is it coincidence that every

The two main components that hit home and made me feel a wide range of emotions during the film, “Waiting for Superman” are the different uses of logos and music. Logos is the use of statistics, which often made me either very somber or hopeful. Logos is helpful in the making of a film because it gives proof to the audience; instead of saying “test scores improved,” it would make the filmmaker sound more credible if he said “children’s average test scores in math and reading in Kipp Schools jumped from the forty-sixth percentile to the eighty-fourth percentile.” Music is not just in the form of songs; but everywhere you go. Throughout the documentary, a variety of different music choices were played to express the energy in that certain scene. Music is often thought of as a universal language, a language that can build suspense or create a sense of hopefulness or utter despair. It adds the extra potency necessary for ensuring that the audience is not only fully engaged, but also enthralled throughout the film. Guggenheim utilizes logos and music extremely effectively in his documentary as they impel the audience to experience a variety of emotions.

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.

Music, editing, and camera angles are used by Chazelle to explore the effects of a volatile and manipulative student-teacher relationship. The cinematography and music used throughout the scene intensify the volatile relationship

“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

Director, Davis Guggenheim, in the film Waiting for Superman, tells the untold stories of five children waiting for their opportunity to go to a better school. Guggenheim’s purpose is to convey the idea that some schools are waiting for their superman to come save the day. In Waiting for Superman, Davis Guggenheim uses a variety of rhetorical devices to show how the education system is corrupt and what is being done to fix this system. Guggenheim appeals to the viewer’s emotions by providing many heartbreaking stories from the five children being interviewed. There is nothing more pitiful than puppy being kicked or a toy being taken away from a baby.

The author used symbolism, tone, and revealing actions to show that doomsday is in almost Unstoppable killer with no mind or thoughts and this shows that doomsday is a complete opposite of Superman. Superman is constantly thinking to himself but it also shows that doomsday has no conscience of what he is doing, or at least just doesn’t care at all.

Ever since we were young kids we used to believe that in times of crisis Superman would come to our rescue, however the most heartbreaking day in our childhood was probably when we realized that Superman did not exist. Similarly, parents look for proper education for their children however they soon find that just like Superman, this education does not exist. In Waiting for “Superman”, Davis Guggenheim informs parents that schools are failing to produce successful students and inspires his viewers to act against this injustice. Waiting for “Superman” is a documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim that shows the injustices in the public school system. The film reveals how education has declined.

“Try to imagine what it is like to be a black person, choking inside with rage and frustration, bitterness, and then to discover that one of your own kind is a traitor, has betrayed you to those responsible for the suffering and misery of your family, of your people” (74).

Music is literally everywhere! Whether it be rocking out to your favorite song blasting through the car radio, soft melodies from the speakers lightly filling the business of the grocery store, or the latest tune in the back of your head while trying to recall how to decipher a logarithmic function on the Calculus exam, there is no escape. The music implemented in motion pictures is the psychological connection between the implications the director wants the audience to learn and the essence of the emotional impact the audience should feel after viewing it, whether it be total distraught or anticipation for what will happen in the next scene. Pace of both the visual content and music highlight what the audience should feel while analyzing the message the director is getting across to the audience. In his documentary, Waiting for Superman, the film director Davis Guggenheim implements a melodramatic soundtrack and fluctuating pace to intensify the sentiment the audience should perceive while watching the heartbreaking details and brief, yet crucial, optimistic moments unfold. Moreover, the two attributes that audiences pay the least attention to could be the most influential aspects of the film.

Public school, most likely you see the lack of motivation in students, yet what has caused them to not put in more effort? Whether it is lack of good teachers, bad environments, or lack of necessary and up to date supplies, students in the United States do not have what they need for successful education. Their fates are basically left up to chance, if they get a high score, if they win a lottery to place, or if they are able to be chosen by school administrators, then they can succeed. Davis Guggenheim, director for the documentary Waiting for Superman, claims that the public school system is failing students and people need motivation to change so that students are able to continue their education without the chance of possibly getting into better schools by means of a lottery. Through logos and pathos he elicits the hardships the children must go through, so that people watching the documentary will reevaluate the quality of education and try to inspire change in administration and teachers.

Each and every day, children are born with fresh, impressionable minds with a whole world of opportunities in front of them. Society’s duty is to make sure that each child is being raised to perform and succeed at their full potential; however, a problem lies within one of the most impactful places a child will go throughout many years of their life. Education has always been a way for children, teenagers, and even adults to expand their knowledge and help grow their curiosity. However, as time goes on, problems have arose that are not allowing children to learn at their full potential. In Davis Guggenheim’s film, Waiting For Superman, he perfectly captures the harsh reality of public education today. He follows the lives of five students, all who wish to have a bright future, yet are struggling to reach it because of the schooling they are receiving. Throughout Guggenheim’s film, his use of music and pathos help to not only emphasize the problems within public schooling, but to also give his viewers an emotional connection with his characters.

Most children grow up having dreams and wanting to succeed. So, what if someone told these children that they could not succeed, just because their parents’ income is low and where they live is not great? Unfortunately, this is not just a made up scenario. When pressed to meet national standards of success, some school systems fail; unfortunately not only do they fail themselves, but they fail the students’ ability to succeed. For years the problems that lead to a failing education system have been examined. Specifically, in the movie Waiting for Superman, the audience is presented with specific failing systems or “dropout factories” and how they affect the education of the students. The overall goal of Waiting for Superman is to raise awareness for the failing public school system in hopes that someone makes a difference. The movie analyzes and presents the problems behind the failing system by utilizing real families, factual evidence, and using the design elements of music and pacing.

What are you grateful for? What matters most for you? Is it money, is it family? Have you thought about education and its big role it plays to get you to a future you want and will like? In this well-written documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim, the question of the matter is the American education system, and its backlash on poverty and areas of need. He follows a couple unlikely kids and their struggle to get into a average school and how failure to just get into a school like this is the downfall of someone’s future career. This documentary relates so well to previous reads and watches about the American education system. Involving speeches like Sir Ken Robinson and the book “Re-reading America,” in correlation with Guggenheim’s piece of work. This portrayal of education depicts harrowing stories of how some kids growing up in places where education is non-existent and failure is common. He uses an array of techniques to capture to attention of the audience and change their perception of opinions. And he does this through the use of pathos, but in the work of that pathos he builds it with the help of music and tone. These emotions certainly grab the audience's attention and beliefs, and uses it to express the opinion and characteristic of the topic argument. Within Guggenheim’s excellent piece of work there are key components that give his artwork a more visual and thorough meaning along with the story.

There are a variety of ways in which music is used throughout this film, but the use of sad music and silence are the two most important in terms of building a strong emotional appeal. By implementing these styles of music, the film illustrates the emotional frustration within lower class students and parents who are simply looking to find a beneficial education for their children. Melancholy music serves as an