Personal Analysis Of The Drug Abuse By Brian T. Lynch

I am analyzing a picture posted by the Daily KOS website and author Brian T. Lynch about the drug abuse problem we have in this country and the reasons we have them. It was posted in October of 2015 which even being half a year ago the problem is still rising and an issue. This picture is of a group with five people sitting in a circle with alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs all around them. They also have an article following talking about all of the reasons that the drug issue is so heavy now including the peer pressure issue. The reason this picture is the one chose to analyse was, because it really captures the truth behind how peer pressure can affect someone 's choices and their lifestyle. The image that is provided shows that they are trying to illustrate the ethos and pathos appeal to the person viewing the picture by adding emotion and being a reliable source for people to go for information, whereas there seems to be little to no logos used because they lack the logic needed. …show more content…
The hardwood floor is to represent how hard it is to turn down the peer pressure from those around you to do the things that they ask you to. Most of them wearing blue jeans while one wears khakis. I believe they do this because of the fact that blue is a color of emotion as it appeals to the sadnesses emotion causing you to feel that as you see the color while looking at this picture. The focal point of this picture however would be the drugs and alcohol in their hands and in the middle of them all. They are showing movement in this picture by having the people passing the drugs and alcohol to one another to show how they are sharing. As seen there is light shining in through the background of the picture causing them to cast shadows over the