In this blog post, few topics from the documentary Where to invade Next will be discussed through research question that I created about those topics, for a summary & analysis about the film use the following link > Where to invade next Summary & Analysis.
Topic One: Education System America Vs. Other Countries? Research Question: Should America change their education system and adapt one similar to Finland and other countries ranked higher than the U.S in education? Argument: Yes, There are way too many loopholes in the American education system where students could capitalize on to get through high school education and they move on to find themselves helpless in college or work after it! I think a more effective way of having students pass classes should be used! getting the minimum passing grade without understanding the topic is a really easy thing to do for a lot of students which is why I think adapting the testing style used in Finland would be great because you will have to rely on your understanding of the subject in order to get through it. meanwhile barley need any understanding for a lot of topics to pass tests and courses in the U.S. Topic Two: Prisoners Treatment Research Question: Should prisoners in America get the same treatment as Norwegian prisoners? Argument: I believe that the treatment of Prisoners in Norway should be applied in the U.S to an extent, depending on what type of prisoners are they, there are people in prison who are there for using drugs or simply because corrupt cops want them there although they didn't commit anything harmful, those are the type of people who should be treated like humans in prison so once they leave they still behave like humans, however, when it comes to people who commit domestic violence, rapists, child molesters and killers I don't think they should get a decent treatment, why should they be treated like humans after they decided to step outside the boundaries of humanity? instead of giving that type of prisoners good treatment it should be given to people who deserves it way more such as homeless veterans and homeless kids. Topic Three: Women getting into higher and more important positions in America Research Question: Should women be in charge of bigger roles such as high positions in big companies, higher positions in politics and maybe one day presidency? Argument: Yes, as a person who comes from a culture where women are treated badly and unfairly I would love to see them play a bigger role because it creates more balance in the country, another reason I support that argument is because by getting educated, smart and well spoken women into those roles they could have a great influence on the younger generation who believes they could bring equality for women by complaining on social media, calling people who they disagree with terrible names and ask the community to apply all kinds of nonesens into actually working hard, learn to speak well and respect others and that's how they could achieve their goals and gain the equality they want.
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This blog post will provide a summary of Michael Moore's film Where to Invade Next, also it will provide a rhetorical analysis of the film.
Throughout the two hours journey of Michael Moore, he "Invades" different countries across the world, mostly Europe with the goal of "Stealing" their best ideas and applying it in the united states so they could benefit from it. Michael Moore starts the movie by claiming that the united states was built on invading other nations to steal their resources to get stronger, and that it should be getting better by applying great ideas from other countries instead of invading them with military forces. Moore collects ideas and stats such as paid vacations in italy and its positive impact on workers, the impact of legalizing drugs and how it decreased drug related deaths in Portugal, the violence percentages by former prisoners in Norway and he moves on towards showing one of the top education systems in the world as well as showing countries where women could have more power and how is that affecting the country in a positive way. Michael Moore compares every idea he "Steals" into what is in place in the united states leaving the judgment to the audience after presenting those ideas in a very persuasive way. Michael Moore establishes ethos in the movie by interviewing people who have an authority or a good knowledge on the topic he's presenting, for example when he talked about the decriminalization of drugs in Portugal he gave people the information through interviewing two officers and a drug user who presents us with the statistics that nobody was arrested in portugal in the past 15 years for the position of drugs and how it helped lowering the drug related deaths with the support of their rehab system and health care. The use of logos was there to persuade people throughout showing stats that would have the audience lean towards agreeing with the idea he is presenting, such as the tax statistics in france, the 8 week paid vacation in italy, the numbers of re-arrests happening in Norway and or the change of the education system rank between the United States and Finland how the U.S went from topping Finland into falling behind them 28 places. Michael Moore perfectly uses pathos to pull the emotional strings of the audience, an example of it would be the use of police brutality clips, the dramatic music, relating most issues to racism, showing american food pictures to french kids and showing the happiness of prisoners in Norway. Where to Invade Next Is an example of perfection when it comes to executing the use of pathos correctly. people who watches it for the first time are most likely going to get overwhelmed by their emotions and view America as a terrible place to live in which makes Michael Moore successful at gaining the audience on his side. Michael Moore's telos is to collect ideas he chosen and he believes it could make America better a place and present it to the audience in the most effective way possible to gain their support towards applying those ideas or getting as close to it as possible to it. I think the Kairos for Moore's film was a very controversial and sensitive time in politics, a time where the country was preparing for the election year and people needed were having really heated arguments about it. so Moore chose to release that film earlier that year to capitalize on those arguments by throwing different ideas that people could talk about and perhaps it would get big enough to get the attention of one of the running parties pushing them into making a decent change. This blog post is a similar reflection to the previous blog, Difference this one will be focused on the course so far instead of the Life-Choice Memoir Process Reflection. I'll write about what I expected from the course, how it turned out to be and my thoughts on if my writing improved.
2- I want to have things somehow connected together so at the end of the course, I can see how all the things I wrote somehow defines me as a person. 3- Keep focused on every detail the professor teach, I might not get lucky enough to get into another English course where I'll learn just as much, So I want to Improve throughout this course as much as possible. This blog post will be focused on writing a reflection about my life choice memoir, how did I feel about writing it, what went through my mind during the process of writing and what changes will I make to make it better. Getting to watch this Reflective Writing definitely changed the way I planned to write this blog post
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