Overall, I think John Q appealed to the audience's emotion more than anything else (pathos). Instead of having an older person need a heart transplant, they chose a young boy. I think more people would feel worse about a young boy not being able to get a heart transplant because his family doesn't have insurance.
The scene that stood out to me the most was when the boy was laying in his hospital bed and another mother is yelling and crying to "let her see her baby." Then the boy asks if his dad is coming--well his dad is in the middle of holding an emergency room hostage. This scene definitely appealed to my pathos because I felt terrible for the mother, for the young boy, and for 'John Q's' wife. Right then, I wanted the hospital to pay for the heart transplant so the young boy could get better and live a happy life.
Also, the ethos at work would be the fact the Denzel Washington is in the movie. He is a well-established actor and people like to see movies with actors they know.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Research Log
My paper highlights the effects of fast food companies marketing to children. Therefore, I need books that have information/support the claim that marketing to children is wrong.
Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. Print.
Fast food nation is all about the negative effect of the fast food industry, on our economy, on our health, on our environment, and even on our kids. There is a whole section about the companies targetting children and I can definitely use this information in my paper. I can also use the other information the book provides because it definitely relates to the topic of my paper.
Cartere, Jason Y., ed. TV, Food Marketing, and Child Obesity. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009. Print.
This book contains several different studies about the relationship between fast food marketing and childhood obesity. I can no use logos in my paper because I can present hard facts about the effects of marketing to children.
Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. Print.
Fast food nation is all about the negative effect of the fast food industry, on our economy, on our health, on our environment, and even on our kids. There is a whole section about the companies targetting children and I can definitely use this information in my paper. I can also use the other information the book provides because it definitely relates to the topic of my paper.
Cartere, Jason Y., ed. TV, Food Marketing, and Child Obesity. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009. Print.
This book contains several different studies about the relationship between fast food marketing and childhood obesity. I can no use logos in my paper because I can present hard facts about the effects of marketing to children.
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