Analysis Of 'Puppy, By George Saunders Puppy'

In the advertisement, Puppy, Monkey, Baby, Mtn Dew takes a unique approach to appeal to their audience. The commercial begins with three guys mentioning how they would like to relax for that day, however, a hybrid animal appears out of nowhere. This unexpected appearance leads to a chain of events where eventually the three individuals follow the animal and drink the beverage it gives them.

In the short story “Puppy” by George Saunders, Marie is driving to Callie’s house to purchase a puppy for her children, Josh and Abbie. Throughout the drive to Callie’s, Marie is trying to connect with her children but they are not interested. Once Marie makes it to Callie’s home, we can see how judgmental she is when she talks about the uncleanliness and disorganization. She decides against purchasing the puppy after seeing Bo, Callie’s son, chained to a tree. When she refused to purchase the puppy, she sealed the fate of its death. Marie is a suburban wife, loving mother, and want what’s best for her children. She views her children as her friends and does not discipline them. She

Cut by Patricia McCormick is based on a girl named Callie. She has family troubles at home with her brother Sam, her mother, and her dad. Callie starts to cut herself, getting instantly addicted because she feels that it ‘relieves her pain’. Her family soon finds out and they send her to a treatment facility named Sea Pines (or Sick Minds as Callie likes to call it), that helps people deal with drug abuses, mental illnesses, and disorders. Callie stops talking when she arrives to Sea Pines, ignoring therapists, her group of girls that she was put in for Sea Pines, and even her family. Through Callie’s experiences in Cut, the reader can learn that stressful situations could bring you harm.

Clearly Mountain Dew realized the competition of having a Super Bowl commercial and paying so much out of pocket for 30 seconds of advertising. PepsiCo knew they had to do something off the wall to grab people’s attention. They also knew the target audience had to be able to relate to why they’d want or need the product. So they came up with Puppy Monkey Baby, a combination of common Super Bowl commercial icons. Co-staring the target audience; young men. So how would they appeal to the target audience using Ethos, Pathos, or Logos?

When we reflected on the stories of Someday My Elders Will be Proud and In Search of Sangam we came together as a group and reflected on each story. In the first story Someday My Elders Will be Proud.A native American woman named Jean from Bismarck, North Dakota, tells the story of how she experienced two completely different worlds. She talks about how her mother raised her and her three brothers after their father left them when she was very young. When the children were young, their mother would go to work and their drunk, abusive uncle would care for them. The abuse from her uncle left emotional scars. Jean does well in high school and qualifies for a scholarship for an elite secondary school. She felt out of place since she couldn't really

The play” Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead” was an interesting look at bullying through the eyes of teenage peanuts characters. We all remember our innocent childhood friends that walked us through the experiences of life, introducing new ideas and everyday interactions. Well, those kids grew up and Charlie Brown and the crew now show us the reality of the teenage struggles in the 21st century. The interpretation was very insightful and the characters felt real, creating a connection with childhood friends and reminding us of the reasons we loved them.

Everyone one loves a story about cute puppies and friendship. In Budweiser's 2014 Super Bowl commercial “Puppy Love” it tells one. The purpose of this commercial like any is to convince the audience of the message its promoting. In the advertisement it uses the three tools of ethical persuasion: logos, ethos, and pathos. These tools are utilized in the commercial for persuading the viewers of its reason, creating an image of credibility surrounding its name, as well as generating an emotional response.

The commercial published by Chevrolet in 2014 is an exceptional advertisement. This commercial advertises the Chevy Silverado truck. However, this commercial does not only influence the audience to purchase a truck but; the advertisement portrays a life lesson that every person should know and practice. The commercial by Chevrolet titled, “A Boy and His Dog,” is extremely effective and persuasive to the audience through emotion, ethics, and logical situations.

Puppy by George Saunders, the multiple characters view single events and abject with contrasting perception. The story reveals the differences between the lives of two very different mothers and how they chose to raise their children.

With “Puppy” two ladies have different perspectives on how to raise their children. Saunders delivers one informative scene from each woman’s life before permitting the women to engage. As with, “Sonny’s Blues” the narrator and Sonny go through hardships after the death of their mother. “Puppy” by George Saunders and “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin switches between two perspectives of the characters. Marie and the narrator in both of the stories essentially feel that it is not worth the trouble to help out the other two characters.

Viewing the world in a child’s eyes is as interesting as the world itself. “To Set Our House in Order” written by Margaret Laurence is a short story that mainly focuses on Vanessa’s ten year-old self and her realizations about the people around her when she is temporarily left in the care of her grandmother due to unfortunate circumstances. There she uncovers the truth of the past which made her understand the adults’ action and reservations, drawing her into a conclusion that “whatever God loves in this world, it is certainly not order.”

Arguably America’s most beloved drink of all; beer, is shared and drank for many various occasions worldwide. Budweiser, a well know beer company around the globe, released a gratifying commercial during one of the most watched events nationwide; The Super Bowl. Their commercial, “Puppy Love,” first aired in 2015, and pulled the heart strings of all beer and/or animal lovers worldwide. Using tactics such as showing the bond of relationships, expressing the American dream, and emotionally conveying a story that reaches viewers’ emotions with a powerful message that every human being can relate to in an extremely clever presentation showcasing a puppy and a horse was very brilliant. Most people have a soft spot for puppies and many others are accustomed to Budweiser’s symbolic mascot, Clydesdales horses.

Billions of people live in this world, each one taking part in countless relationships. These relationships form through the various interactions of everyday life. There are the relationships between friends, teachers and their students, and even the relationships between pets and their owners, all of which develop unique and amiable friendships over time. These relationships, however, often end and cannot withstand life’s hard ways, leaving only the strongest and deepest bond to survive the storms—the bond within the family. Simon J. Ortiz and Robert Hayden both depict this family bond differently in their poems. In “My Father’s Song,” Ortiz describes the caring and tender relationship between a father and his son. Hayden, however speaks in

They both have dissimilar reasons for their depression, but have a single way of coping with it. Suzy’s depression is ignited by the fact her stern, cheat of a mother is having an affair with Mr. Fox—who has no acknowledgement of what could happen to others involved. Her mom’s uncaring tone used when hollering through the megaphone when it was time to eat and the book Suzy found, “The Very Troubled Child,” are clues to why she is uninterested in her mother; on top of it all, her father’s distance is what makes Suzy feel unwanted and isolated. Sam on the other hand is desolate, orphaned, and restrained. His parents are deceased and he travels from one home to another with only the pride of being a khaki scout, but not even that is enough to make him happy. Through their pen-pal letters, they both come to realization that there’s someone that understands what feeling trapped and unwanted is like, and by this the bond they have together creates a love for one another. Overall, a sense of optimistic hope is created by their dejected

Art Rogers, well-known professional photographer, created a black and white photo image of a man and a woman holding a litter of puppies. He later licensed the photo and named it “Puppies”. Rogers made a living off his photography so he sold many prints of “Puppies”. The photo was also sold to a private collector, and put on display in many galleries. Jeff Koons, sculpture artist, found a photo card of “Puppies” and continued to create a sculpture almost identical to the photo. Two of the three sculptures sold for $367,000. According to the four factor of measuring fair use Koons creation, “String of Puppies”, is in violation of the fair use copyright.