World Hunger Rhetorical Analysis

World hunger is a very serious issue in today’s world, that is very stunning in a world full of resources and food to feed the hungry. World hunger affects millions around the world. There are 795 million malnutritioned people around the world today. The good news is that hunger is a problem that can be solved. There is enough food in the world to feed everyone. Today’s knowledge, and willing people can just be enough to solve the main issue of world hunger.

This is a rhetorical analysis of the commercials made for Apple and Thai Life Insurance respectively, comparing the techniques each company employs to improve its public image and influence its audience or market. The two ads shall be compared by analyzing the effects of the visual elements, noticeable features of the transcript, concerning core values each ad/company promotes, the way each ad manages time and screen estate, and how they all relate to producing effects. Advertisements usually make pathological, ethical and logical appeals to their audience with the ad creators choosing to emphasize on one or two appeals. The two ads in focus are unique in their own ways with different ideas and messaging.

Importantly, it deeply explores many factors of the hunger problem, from subsides to health effects but it everything to the central issue of

Advertisers use a variety of appeals to convince the viewer’s to buy certain products or bring a topic to the awareness of the viewer. The anti-child abuse announcement that San Francisco Human Services Agency released is no different. A public service announcement is designed to publicize a problem the nation is facing. Advertisements can appeal to the audience through a variety of elements such as images and speech. In this advertisement pathos and ethos are represented through the sounds and visual content while logos is presented through the statistics given at the end of the advertisement. With this advertisement it is also important to consider the

Although the United States government spends $176 billion on hunger programs every year, there are currently more than 46 million Americans going hungry every day. In the U.S. every county, state, or congressional district experiences some form of malnutrition and hunger. Right now there is a rapid increase in the number of hungry Americans and the issue is quickly becoming problematic. Today one in six Americans participate in one or more of the fifteen nutrition assistance programs funded by the government and provided by the USDA. Recently more people have begun to question what hunger really is, what all the programs actually do, and what their results are.

This ads use of the startling image in contrast to the small words proves highly effective to the reader in swaying their opinion on the issues of war. By using the color scheme they also prove able to get people on there side on a comfort level too. So the startling but yet subtle nature of this ad turned out to be highly effective in making people think more about difficult topics and also convince them to do something about the

When trying to make an argument or persuade someone, images can be powerful tools. They can convey complex ideas that text alone cannot. Images also possess the ability to be simultaneously simple and natural while playing with the wits of the viewer. The Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) is a part of the International Red Cross that seeks donations of two varieties for assistance in medical treatments namely cash and blood. The image that I have chosen is an ad print published by the ARCBS with assistance from a reputed ad agency M&C Saatchi. The advertisement proposes that though one of the two means of the donations is not familiar among the crowd, it is equally important as the other and tries to attract the readers towards

In today’s vastly media driven society, it is often times almost natural to associate different ethnicities, people and their ideas with certain stigmas and stereotypes attached to them. A continent made of many countries and their people are far from expectations. Each day people are exposed to big media advertisements and the use of visual rhetoric. The idea of visual rhetoric conveys ideas and points by using images and other objects that can be seen. These visuals can consist of eye catching colors, large texts with catchy slogans or anything that might appeal to the visual sense. In the advertisement by Oxfam, there are bright white, clear waterfalls draping over a brown mountain with lush green trees, and bright rays of sunlight peering through. These visuals are to depict the overlooked scenery and oppose the otherwise “dark” misconceptions that may be paired with Africa. The ad looks to debunk the constant link to hunger and poverty by showing that while most people think Africa has little water and starving population, its geography has lots of beauty to offer. Oxfam is an organization devoted to the mission of putting an end to poverty in nations. Oxfam tackles head on, the issues that keep people poverty stricken with an incentive to save people from disasters and build positive futures for those taken under Oxfam’s initiatives. Their mission directly from their website is “To create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice”. By using the elements of Ethos, Logos, Pathos and Kairos, the Oxfam organization creates ads using the visual rhetoric to spark individuals to contribute and change the stigmas tied with Africa and many other nations plagued by poverty, hunger, and social injustice.

The animal commercial elicits viewers’ pity and sympathy because abused animals are exhibited. Three legged dogs, blind cats, and caged animals are shown in the commercial to convince viewers about how much the animals have suffered. This emotional appeal would convince viewers to donate money in order to save the animals, since the money would be used to rescue more abused animals. Because the ad generates pity for the animals, it is effective in persuading the viewers to donate to the cause.

The reality of hunger is one that is often suppressed and denied around the world. One huge misconception is that everyone who is hungry does not have a job. People argue that hunger is the fault of the person who cannot afford food. If they were really hungry, then they would have done something about it right? Surely, they aren’t actually hungry otherwise, they would have gotten a real job. Sadly, the victims of food insecurity not only have to face the challenges of hunger but also have to listen to the biting criticism of other citizens. Just as Quindlen said, the first step to ending hunger is recognizing

Although hunger may not be an immediate issue in your life or the peoples lives around you, it does exist in the world and has very real ramifications for each of us. If we were able to cure chronic hunger it

For the sake of replicating Kohn’s article I opted to keep her general format by introducing my piece with a related media example and closing with a call to action. I chose to use the UNICEF commercials for my introduction because they focus directly on my issue to child hunger and the majority of people who watch television are familiar with their content. I feel I used this effectively when I stated “These commercials usually pinpoint countries in Africa that are desperately in need by displaying images of emaciated children with tears streaking their faces accompanied by depressing lyrical music”. This was an effective introduction because, like Kohn’s opening, it was something my readers could relate to.

Through the use of pathos, camera angle and color, the supposed antagonist of the commercial is transformed into the protagonist. Without the use of these persuasive tools, the advertisement is misleading to the viewer.

In the past ten years the world population exceeded six billion people with most of the growth occurring in the poorest, least developed countries in the world. The rapidly increasing population and the quickly declining amount of land are relative and the rate at which hunger is increasing rises with each passing year. We cannot afford to continue to expand our world population at such an alarming rate, for already we are suffering the consequences. Hunger has been a problem for our world for thousands of years. But now that we have the technology and knowledge to stamp it out, time is running short.

The primary audience is wealthy people especially wealthy parents who may be more open to the children suffering. who have to pay the heaviest price of the war. In order to save this cause, the advertisement tries to convince the most relevant audience to do something by generating the feelings of compassion through strong emotion images of children suffering. The child in the foreground clearly demonstrates she is the most important element in the advertisement, and this could have a real impact on parents. For many parents, the view of this picture showing the little girl alone with a frightened facial expression and disheveled appearance would make them feel sympathy towards these Syrian children. As every parent knows, children shouldn't be starving and suffering, they should be helped and taken care of instead. This ad would make parents feel sympathy towards these Syrian children and therefore wealthy parents would be more likely to donate to the cause. So, for many parents, the view of this advertisement showing a little girl alone and affected would make them feel sympathetic towards these suffering Syrian children. The secondary audience would be any individual who can support UNICEF’s actions by making a donation to save these helpless children. Taking into account the fact that the request for donation does not specify the amount,