Sicko is a documentary about the American Health Care system as seen through the eyes of the filmmaker Michael Moore. It presents the health care system in America as being fragmented and inefficient by using anecdotes to illustrate the plight of the 46 million Americans without health insurance and also to address the wider concerns about the kind of care that the insured get. The film also compares the non-universal and for-profit U.S. system with publicly funded health systems of Canada‚ the United
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Reflection on Sicko AODA Rehab. Gateway Technical College By‚ Scott Balcer Reflection on Sicko After watching Sicko by Micheal Moore‚ needless to say I was sickened. I knew from owning my own business and not having health insurance myself that medicine and DR. visits were expensive. But‚ I had no idea of the history‚ depth‚ and inside workings of the U.S. medical and pharmaceutical industry. When I saw the people that assisted with 911 unable to get free help and the help they did get was expensive
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contact with slime and mucus covered animals‚ but they also transmit their own pathogens. Wild dolphins‚ of course‚ don’t encounter this problem. By presenting their findings in a comparison method the authors actively establish pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos as the report isn’t from a biased standpoint but from a scientific
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banning and making narcotics illegal. He is trying to win over the individuals who are in between the issue‚ and of course the liberals who are opposed to the nation’s drug policy. The two most used appeals in Bennett’s argument are pathos‚ and ethos. Just by reading his brief bio in the intro paragraph the reader can see that Bennett has expertise in the topic of drug policy. Bennett has "been a public servant‚ Secretary of Education‚ and a director of the national Drug Control Policy" (Bennett
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sometimes hard to do. I really have to sit back and examine the message I am trying to get across‚ and determine who really needs to read what I have to present‚ and who will benefit the most from it. This also works its way into including logos‚ ethos and
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that more illegals have jobs than Americans. Throughout the article he provides examples from Aristotle’s three strategies for argumentation: logos‚ ethos‚ and pathos. Mr. Francis not only gave lots of evidence to support his thought process but he gave real life examples. The guiding belief of a person‚ group‚ or organization is better known as Ethos. While reading why the new jobs go to immigrants there were many examples that expressed these argument. For example the author used a quote from Andrew
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author of “Why I Dumped My iPhone And Why I Am Not Going Back”‚ is trying to convince the reader that besides the advantages of the iPhone‚ there are many disadvantages that affect the iPhone user’s lives. He uses the rhetorical strategies of logos‚ ethos and pathos to show the reader his point of view. He states‚ “The iPhone had certainly made my life easier‚ but had it made my life better?” Graham-Felsen uses many kinds of methods to create the logos of the essay. He starts the essay by denouncing
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and employees‚ and do right by their vendors. The mission statement really hits home by appealing to Ethos‚ Pathos and Logos. The size of Costco as a company sets the Ethos. By being so public with this mission statement it puts them under the spotlight and really lets people know they are confident that they will always maintain this business practice. This not only further sets their Ethos but also builds on Logos. It is the logical choice to shop at a Costco because they guarantee that they
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-Here’s a Google Doc’s of this discussion post in case anybody wants to read it in an easier‚ readable format. I attached it as a downloadable file to this thread as well. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DIZkdtdZLL7CNgPBQYQQ35eDgV5LB_ig3RpqzYa3cr8/edit?usp=sharing -Even though this writing had a lot of statistics‚ I found “My Alzheimer’s Nightmare and Why It Will Soon Be Yours” by Tiffany Stanley to be more appealing compared to the piece of writing we read last week. The author did a fantastic
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In “Is Facebook Making You Mean?” an article by Lauren Tarshis‚ the author questions whether the negative characteristics of Facebook on children actually outweighs the positive aspects of social media. The author writes using different styles to both emphasize the important information and also to hold the interest of the intended audience. She begins by telling the story of a young girl named Anna who didn’t think through the words that she commented on another girl’s Facebook post and though not
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