'A Rhetorical Analysis Of Drink Coca-Cola'

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“Friendliest drink on earth”, these black bold works are the first thing to catch the eyes. A hand raises a glass bottle of Coca-Cola in view of planet earth. The sky is light blue, carefree, with clouds sprinkled all over. As the picture raises up, this sky is replaced with a dark, intense, nighttime sky. To set it off in the bottom left corner is the classic bright red ribbon displaying the words “Drink Coca-Cola” In 1956 when the ad was released, the United states was not at peace. The economy was booming yet the vietnam war was in the works, WWII was still on people’s minds and the civil rights movement was very active. Life at home was very stereotypical. Society expected mothers to stay at home and care for the children while the father went out every day to work his nine-to-five job. Every detail of this ad was deliberated over and placed purposefully and accordingly. They considered the culture, stereotypes, current events. The purpose of this ad is to sell Coca-Cola through the idea of the product bringing people from all over the world together. The first and …show more content…

It is light and carefree at the bottom, and dark and intense at the top. The carefree element helps with the comforting feeling given to the viewers from the thoughts of worldwide friendship. The contrast between the two skies shows that not only is the benefits of Coke worldwide, and through any issue, but it also applies throughout time. Night and day. Another feeling that can be interpreted from the ad is the feeling of being small. In contrast to you and your issues, Coca-Cola is bigger than that, not only the earth is shown, but the universe and space around it. It makes everything simple. If people were stressed about war, their jobs, their rights, the ad implied that no matter how big their problems and worries were, the answer is a simple one. Here is our bottle of Coke, and here is where it brings people friendship, and resolves

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