Man Staplerin Ad Analysis

The Ad is clearly a advertisement for someone to take aspirin after a hard day of work. Cleverly, the struggle or problem the man stapler appears to be having is called a work ache. The vast majority of people can relate to a work ache not just people that have office jobs, and aspirin knew this and decided to have that be a big part of the ad. Almost every person in the United States of America knows the stereotype of a person who has to work in a office or a cubical everyday, this is due the TV shows such as The Office and Parks and Recs. When you first look at this Ad, the first thing that catches your eye is the man-stapler. Quite frankly, this is something you very rarely see, and its placed remotely in the middle of the ad, it catches …show more content…
Inside the picture appears to be a man with a women, most likely the occupant of the desks significant other. It appears that they are posing together after enjoying their free time away from work hiking or site seeing. This picture paired with the frustrated man-stapler could signify that the person at the desk is actually the man in the photo. He is having a very hard, stressful day at work and would much rather be spending time with his wife on a nice day. In the very back of the ad you can see outside through a window, and it appears to be a great day, similar to the weather in the photo, which could even be adding more stress to the man who works in the office. After the man looks at his desk and sees the picture of him enjoying a day off with his wife and then seeing the weather outside he isn't to happy. Then he looks at the huge stack of papers on the desk and realizes his day is far from over, let alone the week. Most likely its a Monday, and he has to go through all of the papers on his desk for the week, or maybe in the next two days. He's really having a “work ache” and this is something aspirin wants the reader to know. If your having a hard day at work, aspirin will help you get things under control and get the job