In this breakdown of the texts I will constantly refer to the constant appeals that run through this text that are: Logos, Pathos, and Ethos. I will first break down the appeals of each and once done, I will compare how they might possibly piggyback off of each other and/or conflict.
In paragraph 1 sentence 2-4 we are put up with the stats that “40% of deaths from noncommunicable diseases worldwide are attributed to excess consumption …show more content…
But for the one pathetic piece of information that I discovered was at the end of the article, where he uses a fact to give a bright view to readers about changes that companies are willing to make for tobacco smokers. “In 2000, Canada became the first country to force cigarette makers to have labels featuring ghastly images of rotting gums and emaciated cancer patients. Other countries, including New Zealand and Mexico, have adopted the approach but not the United States, where a recent court ruling said the visuals were "unabashed attempts to evoke emotion ... and browbeat consumers into quitting. " ” (last sentence in Treat junk food like tobacco by TU THANH HA) But why can’t food companies show what we are directly putting into our bodies, as put in TU THANH HA’s opening paragraph, to be taken from the first sentence in the text “Will your pizza come with a picture of a decayed, fatty liver? How about a bottle of pop with a close-up shot of a blood-red diabetic foot ulcer?” This article compares “Junk food” to cigarettes and how detrimental it could be, and how beneficial it could be to put images in the front of the packages, to possibly give fear or