rhetorical analysis -sicko
Tracey Kittoe
EC 121
Rhetorical Analysis on Michael Moore’s documentary Sicko.
Michael Moore’s documentary, Sicko is a very controversial yet entertaining and emotionally compelling film. The documentary draws attention to several flaws in the health care system in United States of America. It exposes how profit-based healthcare insurance companies in America exploit the people; and argues that for the people of America, socializing healthcare would be much better than the current system. The controversy of the film is restricted to those whose interest would be affected, that is, Profits of insurance companies where universal healthcare is accepted would suffer greatly, and so would investors and corporations. He travels to other parts of the world such as Canada, Cuba, France and the United Kingdom to show that yes, indeed-universal healthcare does work well in other countries. He does well in using emotional appeal, guilt and humor to articulate how there is conflict in the American healthcare system between profit maximization and the desire to provide good quality and affordable health care for all. While Michael uses logical and ethical appeals to show how healthcare systems in France, United Kingdom, Cuba and Canada are better than the United States of America, his use of emotional appeal seems to be most effective. Moore begins his documentary with a man who had an accident, but had no health insurance and therefore had to stitch his wound himself. The soundtrack used in this scene depicts sadness and sympathy. Moore uses this kind of song to introduce empathy for people without health insurance. With this kind of music, viewers are able to feel some connection between them. He increases the volume of the sound when he finds something to be dangerous and brings the music down when someone has lost a loved one. He uses emotional appeal best to convey his argument that the healthcare system is not
EC 121
Rhetorical Analysis on Michael Moore’s documentary Sicko.
Michael Moore’s documentary, Sicko is a very controversial yet entertaining and emotionally compelling film. The documentary draws attention to several flaws in the health care system in United States of America. It exposes how profit-based healthcare insurance companies in America exploit the people; and argues that for the people of America, socializing healthcare would be much better than the current system. The controversy of the film is restricted to those whose interest would be affected, that is, Profits of insurance companies where universal healthcare is accepted would suffer greatly, and so would investors and corporations. He travels to other parts of the world such as Canada, Cuba, France and the United Kingdom to show that yes, indeed-universal healthcare does work well in other countries. He does well in using emotional appeal, guilt and humor to articulate how there is conflict in the American healthcare system between profit maximization and the desire to provide good quality and affordable health care for all. While Michael uses logical and ethical appeals to show how healthcare systems in France, United Kingdom, Cuba and Canada are better than the United States of America, his use of emotional appeal seems to be most effective. Moore begins his documentary with a man who had an accident, but had no health insurance and therefore had to stitch his wound himself. The soundtrack used in this scene depicts sadness and sympathy. Moore uses this kind of song to introduce empathy for people without health insurance. With this kind of music, viewers are able to feel some connection between them. He increases the volume of the sound when he finds something to be dangerous and brings the music down when someone has lost a loved one. He uses emotional appeal best to convey his argument that the healthcare system is not