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"Playing For A Change" - Stand By Me

  The title tells a lot about what the song is intended to do. He is literally playing for a change in humanity. The video uses elements of Rhetoric to create an argument in a visual way. In order to make the video he needed the equipment to do so. In order to make the video he also needed to find talented musicians, who knew how to play different instruments and sing. He traveled to video people from different countries. They are all connecting to one another through music or this particular song. Everyone who was featured was outside. To emphasize that we are all part of this world, all humans and equal. Everyone was outside to dwell on humbleness. The words that most appealed to me were "Always need somebody to stand by you," and by that he meant someone you know, maybe someone you don't know, or maybe even someone from another country but everyone needs somebody. The images that most impacted me were when he started showing the people and naming the countries from ar

Response to Gerard Jones "Violent Media Is Good For Kids"

Gerard Jones may believe Violent Media is good for kids but his attempt to convince us are just opinions from his viewpoint. He starts of with personal emotions and opinions. The upside to this is that sometimes people may sympathize and connect to his emotions with him. "I suffocated my deepest fears and desires into a young boy persona." He is trying to connect with the reader by letting them know that he couldn't be himself, he had to hide under someone he wasn't and by saying this he is interpreting that he is not the only child out there that isn't aloud to express themselves in a matter in which they want to. "I withdrew into passivity and loneliness." Here he is trying to earn the readers sympathy by letting them know that without being able to express himself he withdrew from others and that can happen to other kids too. Then he uses his mothers student opinion as reference stating they believe comics are actually positive. "One of my mot