Using ethos pathos and logos in modern film
English 102
For this assignment, I've chosen to analyze the movie, Gone Girl and television show, The Office. Gone Girl, a movie still in theaters, stars Neil Patrick Harris and Ben Affleck and is based off a 2012 book. The book, written by Gillian Flynn, has since been a New York Times' Best Seller. The Office was a television show spanning from 2005-2013 and earned multiple awards. Both the book and movie are extremely graphic in nature, so the target audience is geared more towards college students and beyond. I know this simply by the plot and R rating. The story depicts Nick and Amy Dunne and their difficult marriage. Nick, played by Affleck, comes home from work one morning to see his living room glass table shattered, blood on the floor and a wife who's nowhere to be found. The plot thickens when the community is convinced Nick either murdered his wife or knows where she is, while he strongly denies any wrongdoing. In terms of rhetoric, this movie greatly utilizes logos, ethos and pathos. The ethos would be the perception that Amy Dunne is a battered wife and woman. While the search for Amy continues throughout the movie, the viewer further understands Amy and her marriage. In a past life, Amy dated Desi Collins (played by Neil Patrick Harris), who eventually filed for a restraining order because she claimed he was "abusive." Flash forward, and it's discovered that Nick and Amy have had a troubled marriage for quite some time. When they're not fighting or bickering about money, moving away from New York or finding a job, they're having sex because they believe a child will help "save their marriage." After one particularly bad fight, Nick throws Amy onto their hard wood floor. Given her difficulties in her marriage, coupled with the fact that she's a female, it's perceived that Amy is a battered wife, who's trapped in an unhealthy marriage. The pathos to Gone Girl would be whether or not people like Nick. Nick is extremely cooperative with the
For this assignment, I've chosen to analyze the movie, Gone Girl and television show, The Office. Gone Girl, a movie still in theaters, stars Neil Patrick Harris and Ben Affleck and is based off a 2012 book. The book, written by Gillian Flynn, has since been a New York Times' Best Seller. The Office was a television show spanning from 2005-2013 and earned multiple awards. Both the book and movie are extremely graphic in nature, so the target audience is geared more towards college students and beyond. I know this simply by the plot and R rating. The story depicts Nick and Amy Dunne and their difficult marriage. Nick, played by Affleck, comes home from work one morning to see his living room glass table shattered, blood on the floor and a wife who's nowhere to be found. The plot thickens when the community is convinced Nick either murdered his wife or knows where she is, while he strongly denies any wrongdoing. In terms of rhetoric, this movie greatly utilizes logos, ethos and pathos. The ethos would be the perception that Amy Dunne is a battered wife and woman. While the search for Amy continues throughout the movie, the viewer further understands Amy and her marriage. In a past life, Amy dated Desi Collins (played by Neil Patrick Harris), who eventually filed for a restraining order because she claimed he was "abusive." Flash forward, and it's discovered that Nick and Amy have had a troubled marriage for quite some time. When they're not fighting or bickering about money, moving away from New York or finding a job, they're having sex because they believe a child will help "save their marriage." After one particularly bad fight, Nick throws Amy onto their hard wood floor. Given her difficulties in her marriage, coupled with the fact that she's a female, it's perceived that Amy is a battered wife, who's trapped in an unhealthy marriage. The pathos to Gone Girl would be whether or not people like Nick. Nick is extremely cooperative with the