Unsung Hero Rhetorical Devices

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Many East Asian companies’ including Thai life insurance made many heavily emotional commercials in the year of 2014. The main purpose of the visual was to appeal to the audiences emotions, making them “bawl and sob as their hearts melt” (Taube). Even though the commercial was only supposed to be on TV screens, it has made “its way to computer screens around the world” (Taube). But compared to the other commercials TVC Thai Life Insurance’s “Unsung Hero” television commercial uses repetition, slogan, and transfer to convey the idea the giving without expecting anything in return is a worthwhile enterprise. The first and most important technique used in the commercial was repetition. From the beginning to end of the commercial, the …show more content…

But the protagonist didn’t care about what anybody thought of him, because he believed that in every action he did, he was doing good. And as the protagonist was doing these actions, he was not expecting anything in return from the ones that he was helping. By the midway point to the end of the commercial after repeatedly giving his time to Her 2 others, the results were shown. He received emotions of happiness and gratefulness. These emotions that the protagonist received were worth more to him than money or anything else in the world. Because even those that judged him were amazed by how large the impacts of his actions were. The protagonists actions also affected those that he helped in another way as well. The child that the protagonist kept on donating to was able to receive the education that the mother wanted her to have. The elderly woman that ran a street cart was giving extra to her customers. And even the dog that he repeatedly fed followed him home and helped him with gardening. Another form of repetition in this commercial was when the narrator of the commercial repeatedly said, “He won’t…” (Narrator). Meaning nothing good would come …show more content…

And by believing you would do acts similar just like the protagonist. But the only way to do that would be to have Thai life insurance. Slogans are made to guarantee the consumer a benefit. The benefit coming from having Thai Life Insurance was that you the consumer could be a hero just like the protagonist in the commercial. The final technique used was transfer. Reason being was because of how the Her 3 protagonist was considered a hero like the title of the commercial said. Through every act of kindness towards others he was supposed to be seen as a hero. Heroes are considered to be people that are kind towards the people and help them in times of need. Heroes according to society can be anyone even without super powers. All that matters is that they do good actions to others with honest and sincere intentions. The commercial overall gave feelings of hope by the end as the results of the protagonists efforts were made seen. The protagonist never stopped to think about how others viewed him no matter how much people judged him. Therefore through the techniques of repetition, slogan, and transfer the idea of giving without expecting anything in return

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