Rhetorical Response

In the video and image chosen, there are many types of rhetorical appeals and situations that could arise out of the two. One could go with a logical fallacy or a rhetorical situtation, but what pops out most is the use of pathos. It's clear that this video and image appeals to many of our different emotions, and those will be touched on.

The video itself gives us a pathetic appeal that we feel immediate grief for the boy because it at first appears that his girlfriend is merely ignoring him, but by paying attention to his tracks, we see that he is actually dead. She finds this out in a newspaper article which we see at the end of the video. Everyone could sympathize with someone that lost someone they were in love with and it hits our emotion of pity. We also are affected when we see the girl also die by running a red light and getting hit by a semi-truck. We all have experienced negligent driving, and this killed her. We feel remorse that she had to end her life so early, but we understand the bigger picture that she will now be happier in heaven with her true love.

The picture is a striking form of pathos because it is vivid and heart crushing. We have many thoughts run through our head, such as if anyone could survive an accident of that much damage, and if the pictures are actually disgusting. This picture doesn't so much appeal to us as it may repulse us or hurt us. Seeing this picture can bring traumatic memories of ones own accidents and deaths. It hits our emotions as being something we don't want to see or envision.

Pathos is easily picked out in most situations but in this one, it is evident as being appealing and disgusting. We sympathize with the emotions of seeing someone die, but we don't like the reminder like the picture does with the crushed cars. The video and picture compliment each other very well with the use of pathos.