Rhetorical Analysis of” The Price of Shame” Cyber-bullying is defined as a social phenomenon that causes physical, psychological, and emotional harassment, it is becoming a worldwide problem due to a global existence of social media. Many people do not know how to patronize others, every standpoint could impact one’s life, and every rush on making an unbearable judgment on social media destroy people psychologically and emotionally. Moreover, people can never imagine that their opinions and thoughts might affect others in some different ways.
“The Price of Shame” is a video found on TED talk by Monica Lewinsky, who stands to oppose the cyber-bullying case. Lewinsky is calling people to take an action to stop it from happening and trying to open people’s eyes to see that cyber-bullying is rapidly increasing all over the world. On her speech, Lewinsky persuades her audience, International citizens, through her honesty as she spoke against cyber-bullying, from which she personally suffered, through the active use of kairos, emotions, and logos to bond with her audience to earn their trust and convince them to spread awareness to prevent this issue from growing. Lewinsky is an American activist and former white house intern. She was involved in a sexual relationship with her president in 1990s which led her to experience cyber-bullying and made her publically silent for years. Now she spoke about her experience in TED talk and became publically visible again after years of nightmares. With years of being a cyber-bullying victim, Lewinsky proves to her audience that she is knowledgeable about the topic. She shared her personal experience when being a victim, explaining how she used to get cruel judgments from people, which made her publically humiliated. Lewinsky took the attention of her audience as soon as she opened her speech with a personal anecdote. Lewinsky not only got their empathy but also, she inspired them to spread awareness and take action towards such a serious problem. Lewinsky also indicates that cyber-bullying can go unnoticed while being in front of a person. However, cyber-bullying is an act that takes place anytime and anywhere, it might also be happening at this moment while making this speech, she said (Lewinsky). Lewinsky shared her emotions with her audience on this topic and motivated them to see cyber-bullying from a different aspect. Lewinsky’s most important appeal used in her speech was the appeal of emotions. However, after she engaged her knowledge with her audience, she convinced them to help her to stop cyber-bullying from increasing. Lewinsky won her audience’s attention once again after …show more content…
Bullying used to be acted across schools and family. However, it is becoming an online harassment habit for some. Cyber-bullying is being anonymously acted on people without borders nor rules, to embarrass and stab them with words. Many believe that cyber-bullying is becoming the worldwide marketplace. This is how it works, the more shame one can get, the more online viewers and the more money a person gets from another’s suffering (Lewinsky). In light of this, imagine what Tylor’s roommate got from publishing such scandal of his and beloved one. The only thing that came out from this online harassment is Taylor’s death. However, Lewinsky is convincing her audience to take her side to stand behind victims, because people’s opinions and judgments might affect one’s life and help them from
“The Price of Shame” is a video found on TED talk by Monica Lewinsky, who stands to oppose the cyber-bullying case. Lewinsky is calling people to take an action to stop it from happening and trying to open people’s eyes to see that cyber-bullying is rapidly increasing all over the world. On her speech, Lewinsky persuades her audience, International citizens, through her honesty as she spoke against cyber-bullying, from which she personally suffered, through the active use of kairos, emotions, and logos to bond with her audience to earn their trust and convince them to spread awareness to prevent this issue from growing. Lewinsky is an American activist and former white house intern. She was involved in a sexual relationship with her president in 1990s which led her to experience cyber-bullying and made her publically silent for years. Now she spoke about her experience in TED talk and became publically visible again after years of nightmares. With years of being a cyber-bullying victim, Lewinsky proves to her audience that she is knowledgeable about the topic. She shared her personal experience when being a victim, explaining how she used to get cruel judgments from people, which made her publically humiliated. Lewinsky took the attention of her audience as soon as she opened her speech with a personal anecdote. Lewinsky not only got their empathy but also, she inspired them to spread awareness and take action towards such a serious problem. Lewinsky also indicates that cyber-bullying can go unnoticed while being in front of a person. However, cyber-bullying is an act that takes place anytime and anywhere, it might also be happening at this moment while making this speech, she said (Lewinsky). Lewinsky shared her emotions with her audience on this topic and motivated them to see cyber-bullying from a different aspect. Lewinsky’s most important appeal used in her speech was the appeal of emotions. However, after she engaged her knowledge with her audience, she convinced them to help her to stop cyber-bullying from increasing. Lewinsky won her audience’s attention once again after …show more content…
Bullying used to be acted across schools and family. However, it is becoming an online harassment habit for some. Cyber-bullying is being anonymously acted on people without borders nor rules, to embarrass and stab them with words. Many believe that cyber-bullying is becoming the worldwide marketplace. This is how it works, the more shame one can get, the more online viewers and the more money a person gets from another’s suffering (Lewinsky). In light of this, imagine what Tylor’s roommate got from publishing such scandal of his and beloved one. The only thing that came out from this online harassment is Taylor’s death. However, Lewinsky is convincing her audience to take her side to stand behind victims, because people’s opinions and judgments might affect one’s life and help them from