Who should decide the legality of abortion? Graphic and web designer, Kye Lu, in her blog, “Abort, adopt, keep-your choice”, describes the choices that affect a women regarding the abortion controversy. Lu’s purpose is to convey that it is the woman’s choice to choose pro-choice or pro-life. She adopts an idiomatic tone in order to convey to her readers and viewers that the idea of women being able to make their own choices is a natural process. Over all she is using the meme to persuade her viewers to see that the pro-choice side of the abortion controversy is allowing women to make the own decisions about their body and that it is the right choice. Abortion has been a controversial issue dating back to the biblical days. It wasn’t until
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Lu uses a Disney character to portray a reputable and moral character. Elsa is also perceived to be respected and credible thus giving credibility to the meme. By incorporating ethos the writer is wanting the viewer to acknowledge that if the character featured in the meme is credible then what the meme stands for will be credible also. The focus shifts to Elsa’s facial expression. Her facial expression starts with a sardonic smile which suggests she lacks respect for what other people think and that others views on the controversy are not relevant. Her smile narrates to viewers that she is right about her choices. It also implies that the text used in the meme is common sense and that it is true. The writer uses her facial expression to persuade you into agreeing with her, thus giving you the impression that if you do not agree with her you are not intelligent. Moving on to the next focal point, the text. The writer tries very hard to make the text just as noticeable as Elsa. She uses very bold, white, block text so the letters will stand out against the background. The text sits on top of the background, also trying to draw your attention to it. The text has a dramatic pause in between the two sentences. The dramatic pause is intended for the viewer to pause and actually think about what is being said. The sentence uses logos in the way that if you don’t care for the child then you should not have any say about what happen to the …show more content…
The meme as a whole conveys the message that pro-choice is the natural choice to make. No matter what type of person you are, or where you lie on this controversial issue, after viewing this meme you know that ultimately the choice is the persons that has to live with the decision for the rest of their life. Everything that the writer has used in this meme makes it logical and some people would even see it as being fair, but the women making that decision is the only one that can make the argument of whether it is ethical or
Lu uses a Disney character to portray a reputable and moral character. Elsa is also perceived to be respected and credible thus giving credibility to the meme. By incorporating ethos the writer is wanting the viewer to acknowledge that if the character featured in the meme is credible then what the meme stands for will be credible also. The focus shifts to Elsa’s facial expression. Her facial expression starts with a sardonic smile which suggests she lacks respect for what other people think and that others views on the controversy are not relevant. Her smile narrates to viewers that she is right about her choices. It also implies that the text used in the meme is common sense and that it is true. The writer uses her facial expression to persuade you into agreeing with her, thus giving you the impression that if you do not agree with her you are not intelligent. Moving on to the next focal point, the text. The writer tries very hard to make the text just as noticeable as Elsa. She uses very bold, white, block text so the letters will stand out against the background. The text sits on top of the background, also trying to draw your attention to it. The text has a dramatic pause in between the two sentences. The dramatic pause is intended for the viewer to pause and actually think about what is being said. The sentence uses logos in the way that if you don’t care for the child then you should not have any say about what happen to the …show more content…
The meme as a whole conveys the message that pro-choice is the natural choice to make. No matter what type of person you are, or where you lie on this controversial issue, after viewing this meme you know that ultimately the choice is the persons that has to live with the decision for the rest of their life. Everything that the writer has used in this meme makes it logical and some people would even see it as being fair, but the women making that decision is the only one that can make the argument of whether it is ethical or