Other Interesting Observances

While in class I specifically remember there being a picture that we went over.  This picture involved a swarm of people under a helicopter that were trying to get food that was being dropped.  In one instance the people were described as chaotic savages that as if they were bloodthirsty or if they were to uncivilized for a person to just hand them food.  In the other instance they were described as poor people who were just trying to make it in the harsh world.  Thing about this that intrigues me is that even though it is the same picture two completely different articles and captions were represented by it.  This specific example really opened my eyes to how people can make something innocent seem as if it is the most wretched thing in the world.  Which brings me to the next point of, people using different emotions to try and persuade people.  Even though they are both using pathos to get people to read the article, one is trying to make you angry at the people and the other is trying to make you feel sorry for them.  I found this extremely interesting because of how opposite perspectives are showing the same story.