Rhetorical Images
Lembert, Arsenio. “EndrTimes.” [Weblog More Than 160 Arrested at Iraq Protest] EndrTimes. 28 Jul 2008 <http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/wp-content/IraqVetsAgainstWar.jpg&imgrefurl=http://endrtimes.blogspot.com/2007/09/more-than-160-arrested-at-iraq-protest.html&h=305&w=380&sz=112&hl=en&start=10&sig2=6IZnr1iKcrJJBlTbyB5r9Q&um=1&tbnid=_jE3BCbyzrcgcM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=123&ei=oUmOSJ61EIueeezLlfIP&prev=/images%3Fq%3Diraq%2Bwar%2Bvets%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN>.
This picture of part of the article titled More than 160 Arrested at Iraq Protest. The web page is a Christian blog, started by Arsenio. The picture illustrates the group IVAW, Iraq Veterans Against the War. This group marched to the white house in 2007 to end the war in Iraq. They jumped a barricade at the foot of the Capitol steps and more than 160 were arrested. Considering that this is a Christian blog, the audience is Christian or has strong religious opinions. Most likely the audience feels the same about the war in Iraq-that it needs to end and violence is not the answer. This is a potential bias because it is a non violent group. Army veteran Justin Cliburn, 25, of Lawton, Okla., was among a contingent of Iraq veterans in attendance.
“We’re occupying a people who do not want us there,” Cliburn said of Iraq. “We’re here to show that it isn’t just a bunch of old hippies from the 60s who are against this war.”
This is of importance to my essay because I am trying to show the side of Iraq War Vets and how their handling their own current situation or how they feel about the war. Also one of my sources is the IVAW website. What really intrigued me was that these people aren’t just “old hippies” who are against war, they are veterans who have served for our country and have come back disagreeing with our country and war. I think that this image will be very useful in my rhetorical analysis because it appeals to ethos and pathos. It shows the veterans themselves taking action against our own government and that this is a major issue at hand. Also, it forces the audience to sympathize with current soliders at war in Iraq or who have come home.
Glantz, Aaron. “Domestic disputes leave Iraq war veterans homeless .” FinalCall 30,07,2007 28 Jul 2008 <http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_3661.shtml>.
In the picture is Daniel Marchado at a Los Angelos veteran homeless shelter. This article discusses how Iraq War Vets outnumber the Vietnam War Vets. The Vietnam War Vets didn’t end up on the street until about 9 years after they came home but already 10,000 Iraq War Vets are on the streets right now. The Iraq War Vets are struggling to integrate back into society. They have mental, emotional, and physical problems and have trouble relating to family members; in turn many have gotten into drugs and crime to deal with their struggles.
A quote from the article is
“…A recent study by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government found that by the time the Iraq and Afghanistan wars end, there will be at least 2.5 million vets. Because of that, the Harvard study concluded, Congress will have to double the Veteran Administration’s budget simply to avoid cutting services.”
This article and picture will be very useful in my essay. My main topic for my essay is how Iraq War Vets are dealing with coming back home and how the government is taking action in order to help these Iraq War vets. The influx of Iraq war vets is way more than any other war and they are facing more financial troubles than ever before. Also, this supports the idea that many of these war vets are turning to crime and violence to deal with their problems due to possibly lack of support and promised benefits by the government.
I think that this article will be key in my essay for persuading my audience. Not only will I use this source in my article to back up points but this image alone is very sad. It will definitely appeal to pathos and puts the situation into a reality. It creates presence for the issue of Iraq War Vets coming back into the US.
HI Haley. I tried to pull up this first image, but couldn’t locate it. At any rate, your justification for using the image sounds strong. I am wondering if rather than depicting a homeless Vietnam war vet, you should depict an Iraq or Afghanistan war vet instead. Perhaps, what really might be useful is to show image of Vietnam war and I or Af. war vet side by side to discuss the issue raised in the article. What is awful to say but honest is that the image of the V. war vet will be familiar to your reader, but recent pictures of I or A war vets will not be. I wonder if using comparison and contrast with images as a rhetorical strategy might make a strong logical and emotional appeal. Just a thought….
Haley- I think it is a powerful pschological tool to connect the image of the homeless vietnam vet to the vets of today. may journalist and academic theorist have written about so many similarities between the practices and treatment of vietnam soldiers and the I & A soldiers. Your reasoning seems strong and I look forward to see how you will tie all this togther