Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor, film producer, and environmental activist who worked in a joint-production with National Geography to develop a movie that emphasizes on how carbon dioxide emissions are affecting our environment. In his movie called “Before the Flood”, directed by Fisher Stevens, Leonardo DiCaprio starts his journey as an environmental activist by being elected as the United Nations Messenger of peace. Within the times of his film, Leonardo DiCaprio was able to bring on the light upon the environment and show that carbon dioxide emissions need to be limited. Through his rugged battles and exploration, Fisher Stevens was able to incorporate rhetorical devices to develop his argument on the environment more to the audience.
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As Leonardo DiCaprio traveled to third world countries such as India, it depicted school children forced to face mask outdoors due to the vast amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Along with this, DiCaprio traveled to the country of Indonesia and revealed a video of forests being burned down and large amounts of carbon dioxide being released. In addition to this, DiCaprio explored the arctic of the Alaska to convey the image of Narwhals’ environment slowly being deteriorated by the climate heating. With these examples, they intensified the situation the environment is really in and give the audience a sense of empathy in doing something to prevent such causes. Furthermore, a depiction of flood houses being wiped out and families left out on the streets created a sense of empathy and sadness which appealed to the eyes of emotion. Following this, DiCaprio summed up the current state of Earth with an artwork piece that essentially displays ‘humankind before the flood’. This concludes the situation on climate change by adding on to the fact that we’re in a state of changing into a phase where the ground is dark, sky is black, and everything around us becomes charred and burnt. Resulting in this, it creates a sense of fear into the audience to persuade them into believing this is a real thing, not just some hoax …show more content…
Although some of his methods to create his claim on climate change were countered by underlying factors, Fisher Stevens was able to counterbalance the opposing opinions by adding on to the support he already gathered from multiple sources. With the usage of emotion like depictions of narwhals, logical statistics such as US data, and credibility of presidents, Stevens would efficiently be able to get his claim across the board and allow the audience to agree with his beliefs. As a result, ‘“Before The Flood” is a good film that I agree on the basis that climate change is a current situation we’re are facing and require change in order to counterbalance
As Leonardo DiCaprio traveled to third world countries such as India, it depicted school children forced to face mask outdoors due to the vast amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Along with this, DiCaprio traveled to the country of Indonesia and revealed a video of forests being burned down and large amounts of carbon dioxide being released. In addition to this, DiCaprio explored the arctic of the Alaska to convey the image of Narwhals’ environment slowly being deteriorated by the climate heating. With these examples, they intensified the situation the environment is really in and give the audience a sense of empathy in doing something to prevent such causes. Furthermore, a depiction of flood houses being wiped out and families left out on the streets created a sense of empathy and sadness which appealed to the eyes of emotion. Following this, DiCaprio summed up the current state of Earth with an artwork piece that essentially displays ‘humankind before the flood’. This concludes the situation on climate change by adding on to the fact that we’re in a state of changing into a phase where the ground is dark, sky is black, and everything around us becomes charred and burnt. Resulting in this, it creates a sense of fear into the audience to persuade them into believing this is a real thing, not just some hoax …show more content…
Although some of his methods to create his claim on climate change were countered by underlying factors, Fisher Stevens was able to counterbalance the opposing opinions by adding on to the support he already gathered from multiple sources. With the usage of emotion like depictions of narwhals, logical statistics such as US data, and credibility of presidents, Stevens would efficiently be able to get his claim across the board and allow the audience to agree with his beliefs. As a result, ‘“Before The Flood” is a good film that I agree on the basis that climate change is a current situation we’re are facing and require change in order to counterbalance