TOW #13: Ebola

 This cartoon depicts the irony of the panic due to the Ebola scare. It shows a man who represents the USA, and shows all the things that are more harmful while they are stressing out about Ebola coming to America. He is over weight and holding fast food, the cartoon then shows a statistic of how much obesity kills a year. He is also shown smoking, and a statistic is provided with the deaths due to tobacco. Finally, he is shown drinking, and a statistic is shown for that as well. 

      The use of statistics provided logos for the cartoon. It gives the viewers absence of where the cartoon is going and the purpose behind what is going on. It also provides an appeal to pathos in that everyone was in the position where Ebola was a concern. It introduces a sense of irony due to the idea that we are partaking in much more harmful activities, which pose more of a threat than Ebola would have. This picture is effective in getting across how irrational the Ebola craze was. It addresses how we should deal with more immediate issues than worry about a disease that hasn't even affected many people yet and will potentially not even be a threat. This cartoon is an accurate depiction of Anerican's because we tend to worry due to our lack of knowledge and don't realize the problems that are right infront of us. I feel the audience of the cartoon was all Anmricans to say that we need to be more concious of the problems that are already in America and not a bigger issue in other parts of the world.

TOW #12: IRB They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky

     They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky depicts the life of three boys who are fleeing from the civil war in Sudan. It describes the terror brought on from the war and illustrates the couple thousand mile journey for these boys. The book is split into four sections, I finished The Village of Juol and Like Ants Spewing from the Nest. In the beginning they discuss how their village used to be, peaceful and happy for them. Then a good portion of the book was dedicated to describing the bombings and other attacks on the village. The first section keys in on their escape and encounters with the Sudanese People's Liberation Army. In an encounter with the SPLA one soldier told them, “That is a skulls tree where you can see all types of bones from a lot of people who went to rest in the cool shade and never got up to continue on their journey” (80). Throughout the entire first half of the book the author appeals to pathos. This is because since the entire story is so heart-wrenching and intense, the reader is left with sympathy and sorrow for what the three boys, and many others had to endure. The stories progress when they start to describe their horrific encounters with hyenas, lions and lice that could eat them alive. Also, they faced malnourishment and heat exhaustion which made it often unbearable to continue. The three boys constantly are moving from camp to camp to stay safe. The sickness and hardships they face create a wonderful storyline in which it is difficult to stop reading. Th authors conveyed the story in such a way that was completely effective. The ultimate pathos created from the story was enough to make this story known and get a reaction of true sympathy.