A Rhetorical Analysis Of 'Never Lose Your Flames'

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Whether it be from one’s own parents, or even from the child themselves, everyone experiences judgment. The tendency to shame others or oneself for an attribute, some may be considered a flaw instead of could be a unique characteristic that individual possesses. It is their flame. A flame is what makes someone who they are, yet they may want to extinguish others’ flames. In the music video, “Never Lose Your Flames” by Issues, actors portray teenagers dealing with internal and external conflict. Issues uses rhetorical terms throughout their music video to tell an empowering story about struggling with identity. These rhetorical terms are delivery, definition, and analogy. The music video for “Never Lose Your Flames” depicts two teenagers …show more content…
about that. “Never Lose Your Flame” was a way for of him to express in expressing the freedom of being himself. The video is showing the issues that teenagers deal with daily. The LGBT community can connect to this video because many of people in that group know how the boy feels. It is also very common for teenagers to struggle with body image. This young girl at the end of the video realizes that she doesn’t have to be perfect. The audience watching can be inspired because someone could easily relate to her situation. The rhetorical stance is Tyler Carter is apart of the LGBT community. He knows how hard it is to go through a the similar situation like as the boy in the video. The song has an inspiring tone. The whole video can make a connection to many people who watch and even in the lyrics. Expand more. Discussion of tone could be it’s own paragraph. Tyler Carter skates freely down the road with a smile, this represents his internal freedom. That part of the video shows the audience it is possible to make it through hard …show more content…
The flame is really important in the video because it defines what Issues means by never losing one’s flame. The definition of flame in the video seems to be freedom of being oneself.
The video delivers the a story of two characters and everything they go through to reach a point of freedom. The way the girl acts as she looks in the mirror and constructs these pictures is the way of showing her struggle of self esteem issues. The boy telling his dad is ignored and this gives the audience an idea of how he feels. At the end, the papers are lit on fire and the girl is throwing them away and this is when she has overcome her conflict. The boy and his boyfriend are together and free.
“Never Lose Your Flames” relates to a lot of important things in the world. Most importantly, it relates to the ideas of same sex marriage and the idea that dealing with mental health issues makes you weak. The purpose of this video can be applied to many situations. The idea of being oneself regardless of the situations is how this video can be applied. Many people struggle with things and feel they can’t be themselves, this video is a strong message to

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