Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” is one of my favorite movies of all-time, it is about gangsters as well as everyday people struggling to get out of the dire situation they are in. In the final scene Ringo, a common criminal, is robbing a Diner. Jules just happens to be in this Diner, and Jules is one of the meanest gangsters in the city. Ringo and Jules have a confrontation in the Diner and eventually Jules is holding Ringo at gunpoint. Instead of killing him, he tries to convey a message to Ringo. In this message he uses logos, pathos and ethos to explain to Ringo that he is trying to transform from an evil man into a righteous one. Jules starts off his speech to Ringo by telling him, “Normally your asses would be deader than fried chicken …show more content…
but you happened to catch me in a transitional period. I don’t want to kill you, I want to help you.” Jules is conveying to Ringo his desire to help him, which displays the use of pathos because he is evoking angst and fear out of him. Jules then orders Ringo to take the time to count the money in his wallet.
Ringo counts the money and tells Jules that there is $1500 in it. Jules states that he is not giving the money to Ringo, but rather he is buying something for his money. He tells Ringo he is giving him this money so he doesn’t have to kill him. He is buying his life, therefore this is a use of ethos because Jules is challenging Ringo’s character by saying he is buying him, so he must adhere to his lesson. After stating this, Jules asks Ringo “Have you ever read the Bible?” Ringo replies, “Not really, no.” This shows that whatever message Jules is trying to convey will be related to the Bible, which is an example of an ethos action. Jules then quotes a passage from the Bible that he used to say before he was about to kill somebody; however, in recent events he had a near-death experience that has altered his view on this particular passage and his life in …show more content…
general. He continues his spheel by quoting the bible by improperly saying, “The path of the Righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness. For he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children, and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers and you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.” Ezekiel 25:17. This implies that Jules is or was indeed a religious man, therefore logos is present. In front of Ringo, Jules begins to analyze this passage from the Bible. ‘I have been saying that shit for years, and if you heard it that meant your ass. I never gave much thought to what it meant; I just thought it was some cold-blooded shit to say before I killed somebody.” This refers to logos on how he will come upon his conclusion later in his monologue . Later on, he provides two ideas on what the passage could mean before ending on his final conclusion. “Maybe it means you’re the evil man and I’m the Righteous man. Mr. Milometer here is the Shepherd protecting my righteous ass through the valley of darkness. Or, it could mean that you’re the Righteous man and I’m the Shepherd, and it’s the world that’s evil and selfish, but that shit isn’t the truth. The truth is, you’re the weak and I am the tyranny of evil men. Now I’m trying, Ringo, I’m trying real hard to be the Shepherd.” With these three scenarios we see that Jules is trying to change his character and the way he sees the world. Jules’ last statement shows the raw emotions he is trying to control, which is his final use of pathos before he lets Ringo go because Jules is appealing to our emotions. We see the inner conflict within Jules, as he tries to understand his role in this world he lives in.
He is unsatisfied by being a criminal and wreaking havoc. He realizes that this isn’t the life he wants to live and decides for himself to make a change. This appearance of both Ringo’s and Jules’ emotions in this scene is a use of pathos. After Jules conveys to Ringo his desire to become the Shepherd of men there is a solemn silence between the two men. This moment is a time of reflection for the both of them. They both understand what the situations requires which is that they must end their lives as criminals and become the righteous men they know they are meant to
become. In this scene Tarantino paints two criminals with two very different personalities and objectives against each other, making you feel sort of sympathetic towards them. It also shows you that Jules is torn by his life of crime and wants to live as a righteous man, but is incapable of possessing righteous qualities and is instead a horrible man. By bringing out your emotions, it shows that we may not agree with the destiny we have made for ourselves and are eager to change them. It is easy to relate to Jules because the struggle that he is going through is similar to a conflict we all face, although on a much lesser scale. The message he is trying to convey is that we must decide for ourselves if we want to do what’s right or take the path of evil.
Ethos is a category that appeals to connecting one thing to another to help advertise the product.Resse's uses this tactic by including the pretty well -known rapper Mr.lupo linking the fans of mr.lupo to the cereal.People who watch the commercial will recognize mr.lupo and will want to buy the cereal from the commercial he's in.Connecting the two products together gets out more publicity for and the said product.Ethos is efficient in the process of linking two different subjects so they benefit each other.
Stone uses ethos less frequently then logos. In the article, Stone’s ethos is accomplished by using a real life example when he stated, “Consider just one example: A doctor I know recently submitted a referral for a costly MRI scan for a 46-year-old woman with a week
One example of ethos in the film was when Guttmacher Institute said from 1973-2008, fifty-three million three hundred ten thousand eight hundred and thirty-four unborn babies were killed in the American Holocaust. A tremendous use of ethos was when Ray quoted from the Bible telling the sixth commandment “Thou shall not murder.” The sixth commandment is not the only time he used the Bible and God as a credible source. Comfort mentioned a verse that states “He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” He used the Bible and God many more times in his arguments and quoted other commandments that one should follow. Ray also uses the very words of Adolf Hitler, leader of the Holocaust, at one point, when Hitler claimed that “[God is] a
Ethos is the credibility of knowledge and written word. Or in laments terms, that one has the authority to spread true knowledge. It shows the importance of what you are talking about and gives a speaker credibility to talk about the subject. “Supersize Me” fulfills this bin that it provides the viewers with facts and statistics about obesity and the fast food industry in America. It was reported in the documentary that each day, 1 in 4 Americans visit a fast food restaurant, and that in 1972, America spent three billion dollars a year on fast food where as today we spend more than $110 billion a year (S...
One example of Ethos is “I started out just a mom-fighting for the life of her child. But along the way I learned how unfair America can be today, not just for people who have HIV, but for many,many people-poor people, gay people, people of color, children.” She shows to the audience that she understands the struggles of the aforementioned groups, because she has HIV. She understands just how unfair America can be to people who don’t fit in. She knows that she doesn’t seem like the best representative for the group of people she mentioned, but she wants the audience at the DNC to know that she has their best interests at heart. Mrs. Glaser wants the DNC audience to join her in the fight against AIDS. Glaser also uses Pathos in her speech. “Exactly four years ago, my daughter died of AIDS. She did not survive the Reagan Administration. I am here because my son and I may not survive four more years of leaders who say they care, but do nothing.” In this appeal Mrs. Glaser is appealing to her audience’s emotions, especially the emotions one feels when talking about their family like love and empathy. She mentions that her daughter has died because of this disease and that her son and herself are dying as well to show that this is a disease that can affect anyone and that it is crucial to work on cures or vaccinations to prevent others from suffering the way her family has. No mother or father
The 1985 film, The Breakfast Club, directed by John Hughes shows how a person’s identity can be influenced by conflict he or she has experienced in life. First, John Bender is in the library telling everyone how he got a cigar burn on his arm from his dad. For example, his mother and father don’t treat with the most respect or any respect at all. They call him names and say he can’t do anything right. One day him and his dad got into a really bad argument and his dad burnt him with is cigar that he had. Because his parents treat him that way, he treats everyone he’s around very badly.
Ethos is the use of one’s title or background in order to speak on an issue that is presented. Hasselstrom is a female poet, essayist and writing teacher who is using experiences in order to debate the issue of carrying a weapon. Hasselstrom does not have the proper ethos in order to speak on this topic because she does not have any credentials that state she is qualified enough to speak on the issue of guns. The most experience Hasselstrom has with a weapon is the fact that she owns one, however she is lacks the credentials to give certifiable proof that other methods besides a gun is the only valid method that could prevent a physical altercation from occuring. In the excerpt, Hasselstrom stated that a pistol is the only way to shift the balance of power which then provided safety. She has no background on if that statement is true nor have any of the knowledge to justify the
The unsuccessful use of ethos makes the reader feel like the author’s piece is irrelevant to read. What’s going to make them believe this author has something to say that is actually worth listening to? It goes as far as the process it took for the author to make the article. Little things like the ones mentioned in this analysis: demographics of the subjects, interview styles and experience, which contribute to the process of making her article, could become big things when it comes to the author’s use of ethos, because it’s all about credibility. The process is where ethos is established for the most part and that’s where Anderson made most of her “little” mistakes.
Menace II Society, a film about a young Black man who has lived the “hustler” lifestyle and is struggling to leave it, is a perfect example of deviance as the main character, Caine Lawson, and the characters around him violate many of society’s norms. Throughout the film, the characters swear incessantly, carry around guns and drugs as most people would carry around cell phones, commit street crimes, especially burglary and mugging, on a regular basis, and beat and kill people unscrupulously. The following quote captures just how deviant Caine and the other characters in this film were, “[Caine] went into the store just to get a beer. Came out an accessory to murder and armed robbery. It's funny like that in the hood sometimes. You never knew what was gonna happen, or when” (Albert Hughes). Why would Caine consider these crimes “funny”, or rather, so insignificant? What caused Caine to become so deviant? The answers to such questions were woven into the plot of the film and will be discussed in the following paragraphs.
Ethos is defined as appeal to ethics, and without ethics the audience may look to the writer as someone who is not credible to speak about their argument, but if the writer finds credible sources then he/she may appeal to the audience by what knowledge they learned from the sources they have. In the movie Milk (2008) directed by Gus Van Sant, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) who is the first openly gay elected Political Official, battles for the rights of gay people in San Francisco, California. The use of Ethos is in the scene when Senator Briggs (Dennis O’Hare) tells Harvey Milk that he has the public vote and the people would vote for him because he is the
Another example of ethos during the film begins at 23:00. The film starts out by playing old video recording. The old recording states that Noam Chomsky is on the faculty at MIT. Following this, an interviewer states that Noam Chomsky is regarded as the national leader of American resistance the Vietnam War. Then states that he is a professor of linguistics who, before he was 40 had transformed the nature of his subject.
...kindness towards Lucy. Prior to this scene the narrator, recalling this shot, questions if Cheng even remembers his initial purpose for coming to London. The color change acts as a visual realization of Cheng’s newly reinvigorated spirituality and Buddhist belief.
The Doctrine of Ethos states that music effects character and emotion of man by way of morals or ethics. It was arranged into certain scales, each with a certain characteristic. Specific scales were said to be able to inspire rage or sadness. Some were said to inspire happiness, and one was even said to weaken the mind due to its simplicity. Greek music, of which the Doctrine of Ethos specifically talked about, wasn’t just solely instrumental. Improvising, they usually incorporated lyrics and even dance. Music was studied by the Greeks on a level that would be considered excessive in our society by all but our musicologists, ethnomusicologist, music theorists, and a small minority that take their love of music to more than just an aesthetic level. In our world, a world of empiricism and skepticism, the Doctrine of Ethos may sound a bit hard to believe. It may even sound magical and mystical, but I feel that it has some deep roots in truth. Philosophers, musicians, and even the layman have all theorized about the effect of music on the mind, body, and soul. After all, as William Congreve said in his The Mourning Bride, “Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.”
The camera is more still and focused on Jules as he intimidates the men inside whereas before when it was casual, the camera is loosely following the two down the hallway. This brings a whole new level of tension to the scene and Jules draws out what the men in the apartment know and what we as the audience know to be inevitable; that the men were going to be killed. For a lack of a better term, Jules was shooting the shit, taking bites out of the man’s burger and it really makes him seem like a confident and cool gangster, that this wasn’t his first time nor will it be his last. But he mentions something in passing as he eats the burger, that his girlfriend is a vegetarian and that by extension, he is as well. This humanizes Jules by hinting that within his relationship, outside of his work as a gangster, he has a normal life with a partner. More so, he isn’t in control of his relationship like he is of the situation at hand. We feel the tension rise as Jules delivers his speech, a verse he has taken from the bible that he recites every time before he executes someone. The verse ends with, “And I will strike down with great vengeance and furious anger, those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee” and they shoot two of the men in the apartment. The scene begins to pulse with a red glow, adding to the chaos of the scene, symbolizing almost a heartbeat stopping and eyelids closing in death. However, by chance, a man that was hiding in the bathroom pops out and unloads a clip at both Jules and Vincent but misses every single shot. Jules is convinced it was divine intervention and that his existence was deemed important enough by God to have
Mike’s Change In the story “86th street and the summer of love” by Colin C. Conway, Mike the 18-year-old thug from New York, encounters many conflicts that cause him to go from knowing what he is doing was wrong to following his gangs “rule” and doing what is right. Mike’s gang is known as the 86th Street Choppers, the gang goes around to find innocent people to beat up. Before the gang beats up whatever innocent person they found they tell the person to “Fight back or it will get worse” (Conway2). Their rule means that when they are beating up the person they choose if they fought back hard enough they let the person go, but if they do not they get beat up even more.