An Analysis Of Ray Comfort's '180'

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America is an easily divided nation, especially when it comes to political stances. Often people seem not to even consider the implication of their vote. In his film, “180”, Ray Comfort poses questions aimed at changing people’s votes. Ray Comfort is a New Zealand born American Christian evangelist. He is also the founder of Living Waters Publications, and has written numerous books. In the documentary, Comfort successfully compares the Holocaust to America’s rising abortion epidemic while using ethos, logos, and pathos build an engaging argument.
The documentary interview begins with Comfort questioning several people at random. The first question he asks is if they know how Adolph Hitler is. The results are shocking; only a diminutive percentage of the people Comfort questioned knew who the ruthless criminal was. Comfort then asks his interviewees about what they personally would do in scenarios related to the …show more content…

Most of the interviewees claim to be pro-choice; advocating legalized abortion. Comfort links the two subjects together stumping the audience and he successfully changed eight of the interviewees perspectives on legalized abortion by using rhetoric, ethos, pathos, and logos. Comfort also finishes the interview by asking the people if they have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and if not he strongly encourages them to develop a relationship with Jesus.
Ray Comfort uses pathos successfully as he gets in touch with the audience’s emotions and persuades eight people to change their perspectives. At the beginning of the discussion Comfort asks the audience if they were to have a high-power weapon in their possession and Adolph Hitler was in their sights would they kill him. Most of the interviewees said that they would. He then asks a very similar question, he asks the people that if they were in the presence of Hitler’s mother while she was pregnant with him would

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