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| Guns for sale at a Houston, Tx. gun show, 2007. Photo: Flickr/M Glasgow |
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Blog #4: Applying pathos
Gun Violence:
The highlight of my social issue is guns; they are commonly thought of as toys to kids or leisure to some adults. Some people enjoy the feel of shooting guns, this is very evident in our society today with Nerf guns, paint ball, video games, all of which contain guns. I cannot deny that I enjoy my amount of Call of Duty, and using BB guns, but most of the time I fail to notice what I am actually doing, and how i'm enjoying the violence of these games. The reality and concept of these games themselves is usually unthought of, yet peoples lives are taken every day by the concept of guns that we find pleasure with. Maybe the feelings of leisure when it comes to guns today, is the reason for gun violence in our country. Although they may be thought of differently by people there is one true definition of a gun; a weapon that is made to kill. The sole purpose for a gun is to kill, so how is is that people tend to view them as if they were only toys, made to give us some sort of joy or happiness. The fact is guns do the opposite. Guns take lives of people of all ages, and from all walks of life. Innocent children, friends, family members, loved ones are all the people that guns take from us. Yet even though something as simple as a gun can be more restrictively controlled under gun laws for some reason it remains untouched. Even though hearts have been broken, and lives taken from our community we have done little to improve it. Gun violence which has taken the lives of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary, kids that were so excited for Christmas break and enjoying the holidays with their families, went to school that day, and never returned home to their families. The shooting at Virginia tech that left 32 students and staff members brutally shot while just trying to learn in class. The Aurora, Colorado shooting at a movie theater that left 12 people dead, people including children who were just trying to enjoy a movie. The fact is that gun violence has taken too many lives, how many more people have to die before some change occurs. We know that gun violence exists, and we know of the possibilities for it to occur anywhere yet we have ceased to do anything about gun laws in this nation. Don't let the dead have died in vein, the answer to this problem is in our hands. Just think about it; what if it were you're loved one who were taken from you due to gun violence? Would you just sit behind and do nothing about gun violence?
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Joe,
ReplyDeleteI really liked this post! You did a really good job of using pathos with the examples. I also liked how you described guns as "toys for kids". It hooked the reader because it made them want to find out more. The reader gets a really good sense of fear from reading this. I also like how you talk about guns that people use for toys, like BB guns and Nerf guns. I thought that was really interesting. I also liked how you talked about "enjoying the violence". That was a really good point of view that I've never really thought about before. The only suggestion I can really make is to maybe propose a solution for the gun violence problem. Good job!
JOSEPH! WOW! I loved it! Honestly, I have always had a problem with the misuse of guns and I am so glad you shed light on such an important problem.
ReplyDeleteYour use of pathos was especially effective with the picture you added in the beginning. That instantly made me feel curious as to what your article would be about and it drew me in.
Another important thing is that your voice is very prominent and that makes the pathos more visible. I can hear the emotion of frustration in your voice.
Awesome!
As I read this I was thinking of counter arguments, taking on the opposing view and trying to take from your writing reasons to disagree, however your examples and emotional touch just brings me to a broad realization, that we are allowing this to happen in the world around us. the answer, " to this problem is in our hands," and the taken, "lives of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary," was an incident we could have prevented. To just think that we as a comment need to protect our future, and the future of the world we let it die and decay with each motionless act. We allow for children to die, we feed this hostile feelings by encouraging and allowing fear to be spread in hang out spots like a movie theater. It really brings the analysis of true human nature. Well developed Joe, I really liked this because it made me re-look at an overlooked issue, it made me give a further look into this issue that everyone looks at from a bystander viewpoint believing and waiting for someone else to do something about it, when we are the members of society, we are the ones who need to be a catalyst of change. well developed, great analytical examples.
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