Ethos Pathos Logos Analysis

This music video appeals to mainly ethos and pathos, with some logos. The author, Tyler Joseph, uses these strategies to convey the message that making snap judgments without any real cause, can restrain someone in their opportunities to meet new people and have a diverse network of companions. Everyone has been a victim of assumptions without any facts or personal experiences to back them up. This makes the argument very relatable – ethos – and easy for listeners to grasp and understand from experiences they may have had – pathos – and therefore very effective. The entire purpose of the song is to inform the targeted audience – either those who make hasty convictions, or those who are subject to such convictions – that careless conclusions are often more harmful and lasting than initially perceived, and to
The damask symbol is typically found in expensive homes and has become a symbol of wealth and status, whereas the snake has often been used as a symbol for the devil or some sort of evil. These vastly differing emblems tell us collectively that this is not a place to be taken lightly. This is a maximum-security penitentiary and should be approached cautiously. Altogether, we gather that this prison symbolizes the restraint that society has put on being different or perhaps the restraint put on others by those who are hasty to judge – a form of ethos.
Everything we have seen up to now portrays the idea of the song: our minds are a dangerous weapon, similar to a hand grenade and can essentially hold others hostage by isolating them. As Tyler Joseph ventures through the halls of the penitentiary, you see a drummer in a cell. The protagonist seems to almost admire the drummer who appears to have some sort of freedom, whether that be physical or emotional, that he does not. As he puts his hands on the bars, he switches places with the drummer and the scene simultaneously