Analysis Of The Essay 'Ways Of Seeing' By John Berger

In John Berger’s essay titled “Ways of Seeing,” he shines a light on the way we collectively and individually see the world. Mr. Berger has conjured the fact that everyone has experienced their own view of the world, throughout time. This has, in turn, revealed our history, through visual communication. Mr. Berger is sharing his view on how the reproductions of art, and through reproducing historical and contemporary art, that it is mystifying our direct correlation to the past. John Berger states the importance to keep original works of art, protected and not privatized. Mr. Berger calls out to those who are actively doing so, the powerful upper class and the upper academicians globally. John Berger also persuades us as well, he persuades through the use of rhetorical strategies of that logos, ethos, and pathos, to change our perspective on how we view the past and the possible long term never ending the influence of the future. Throughout his essay, Mr. Berger strengthens that of logos, the rhetorical strategy that uses the persuasion of logic. John Berger uses this example by the mention of a study done on Fran Hals showing the overall reviews of his artwork done by hundreds of volunteers. Each one was
Any reader of Berger will see the reactions to Frans Hals masterpieces and many forms of contemporary art prove that everyone has different opinions and how each person views everything different. You'll also agree Mr. Berger proclaims the lack of emotion and value for a recreation of a beautiful historic painting Virgin of the Rocks, and that the real thing is actually better for not just learning the past but also influencing the future. John Berger uses the three rhetoric strategies of logos, ethos, and pathos to successfully persuade his audience and to shine a light on the upper class’s plot to privatize the world's works of art to control the ways we see the