Analysis Of Michael Strahan And Friends-St. Jude Thanks And Giving

Children are little human beings that would bring happiness to the life of any adult, even when some parents are not economically prepare to support a child. Around the world thousands of children are born every day, many of them are born healthy, but certain percentage are born with terrible diseases; Also, children may develop these terrible diseases while they are growing up. One of these terrible diseases is Cancer in children, “Cancer starts when cells in the body begin to grow out of control”, according to American Cancer Society. In February 4, 1962, Danny Thomas one of the biggest stars of radio, film and television, opened a hospital called St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with the appearance of statue of St. Jude Thaddeus. The purpose of this hospital was and is to treat children with Cancer, and one of the ways for them to fundraising is making videos with the children and celebrities. One of these videos is called Michael Strahan and Friends - St. Jude Thanks and Giving, and this video includes the rhetorical appeal ethos, pathos, and logos to convince it is audience to help these children in St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by donating money.
Jude Thanks and Giving is using Ethos with the type of characters and the author that it has. The characters of this video are three kids patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Michael Strahan a producer and actor; Obviously those kids would not play or make fun of their own situation, what brings us the security that we can believe in the seriousness of this video. Also, there is the credibility of the producer and actor Michael Strahan, who would not put in risk his reputation by making a fake video with such a serious situation like this one. Equally important, the credibility of the author of this video, who is the own Hospital St. Jude Children’s Research