Street Children Rhetorical Analysis

Street children is a major problem in many countries. It is defined by the United Nations that it’s any boy or girl that’s the street has become his or her home and no one protect, supervise, direct them to do the right things. As for the causes, some children have lost their family so they have no place to go other than the street. Many street children don’t have any identity and they are uneducated, therefore they have no future. So, they affect the society and also affect themselves by being criminals and most of them turn to be substance abusers. The UNICEF states that 70 % of street children have dropped school. The media should focus on this issue by addressing the needs and solutions to eliminate street children problem worldwide. They

Pathos can affect the audience emotions by a positive response or a negative response. Like fear, sadness, horror, love, happiness, etc. In the first ad, there is a rabbit doll presented in the place of a child. The way the rabbit is lying down and how filthy the rabbit is, gives a feeling of sorrow. The face of the rabbit provides an emotion of pity and it looks hopeless. Also, the rabbit is holding a bottle of alcohol which made me feel more pathetic about it, as it is not normal for a child to hold a bottle of alcohol. Another thing that moves the emotions of the audience is the yellowish color of the weather that causes depression and misery. The background is also rich in having a unique message. The moving legs in a dim way, indicates the existence of indifference regarding the lying rabbit and the problem of street children, which makes the problem more wretched. The second ad shows a young girl that is being drowned in a hole in the street and the way she is stretching her arm calling for help is very tragic and painful. Besides, her facial expressions are very touching in the ad, as it moves the audience emotions because of the crying face. The background has a very strong message, where the people are presented in moving blurred characters as if they don’t care about the drowning girl who is in need for help, which makes the problem more frightful and awful.

The appeal to logic is the way of convincing the audience by reason. In the rabbit ad, when you see the rabbit doll lying down in the street, by logic you know that it refers to a young child. And also when you read the text “GET KIDS OFF THE STREET WHILE THEY ARE STILL KIDS” makes you know that the ad is about street children problem. The word “GET” is an order to attract more attention from audience to raise awareness and start action. Also, the repetition of the word “KIDS” highlights the importance of taking care of these children, and how they should live as kids rather than being left on the streets. This ad has a better logical appeal than the young girl ad because the text has a better meaning. However, the young girl ad has the phrase “forgotten children” which makes you realize that the ad is about a problem regarding negligence of children. And it’s also obvious that this logo is for a campaign made in Britain. The two ads used texts to show the audience the issue of street children in a simple way. The two ads have the ethical appeal used in them. Ethos is a way to convince the audience by ethics and the credibility of the ad source. In the rabbit ad, the phone number of the organization is written and also the name of the organization is directly mentioned. In the young girl ad, the website of the organization is what makes it reliable, where you can find all the information about it. The two ads