The Ivory game is a documentary about the illegal poaching that is going on in Africa. It is aimed at bringing awareness to the black market business of ivory that is running rampant in China and the danger that it poses on elephants and even people who want to help against poaching. The producers of the movie are Kief Davidson, Wolfgang Knopfler, and Walter Kohler. These people worked together to bring the movie that has information about the illegal ivory trading in China and Africa and released the movie in the year 2016. The documentary did an amazing job at conveying it’s message with the logos and pathos fields, although it needed to strengthen the ethos section of the triangle.
In the field of logic this film seemed to be able to accurately
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They attempted to evoke many different emotions mainly sympathy for the elephant population and a feeling of being surprised at the fact of how big the black market it is and how much of an influence the ivory trade is on people that live in China. One scene provided an excellent example of the pathos techniques is when Craig Miller is standing in the middle of a small group of elephants carcasses while the camera is floating around showing the carcasses while some mournful music plays and Craig talks about the attack that just took place, this scene can be found around the 18 min mark. This scene is effective at conveying emotions because it effectively displays the author's emotion towards poaching with the camera angles it gets on the carcasses of the elephants and the music that plays while it showing this grave brought the emotion of pity towards the elephants. Those elephants probably huddled up to protect the smallest of the elephants making it easier for the poachers to attack them. Poaching isn’t the only horrifying part about the ivory trade, due to the ivory trade being between Africa and China, China has become more dangerous with the government turning a blind eye to the trade and as well as corrupt government officials. At approximately 13 minutes into the movie it shows a man walking down a poorly lit alley way while ominous music is playing in the …show more content…
They managed to present reliable information to help them persuade the viewers into seeing all the horrible facts that are in the ivory trade such as elephants hiding their own tusks to seem less valuable. The techniques they used in order to persuade people with pathos was just as outstanding as the logos side, they chose excellent music to convey the emotions they wanted the viewers to feel. The ethos technique was the only persuasion technique that lacked at effectively presenting their message, the people didn’t seem very credible and gave the image that they knew too much about the topic. Other than the ethos technique lacking the movie was effective at displaying what they were trying to change and bring awareness
Barbara Gowdy’s White Bone is a novel that is written about the perspective of a herd of elephants living in Africa. The main characters are Mud, Tall-Time, Date Bed, and Torrent. All of which develop immensely over the course of the beginning to the end of the first half of the book. The story revolves around their separate and combined journeys towards finding the white bone, a mythical bone which will lead any elephant to where they want to go in life.
The contents in this document are a critique of the documentary Taking Root. This Paper takes a systematic and analytical approach to the video and uses class and chapter concepts from CPO 3204 Contemporary African Politics.
There is a myriad of other films, some produced by groups like PETA and ASPCA, where the intent is solely to inspire sympathy by parading superfluous images of abused animals in front of the viewer. Blackfish could have taken that route, it certainly would have been simple for the film-makers; however, they opted for a sensible and logical fact-based structure to support their message. Gabriela Cowperthwaite, the film’s director, succeeded in providing viewers like myself -- viewers who value facts over feelings, an excellent and well-documented look at the physical and mental treatment of these captured animals. The filmmakers provided enough evidence to support their claims which asked the viewer to question the killer whale’s aggressive behavior when in captivity and then allowed the viewer the make their own judgments based on the facts being
When he finial find the elephant Orwell say “I knew with perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him.” But when he lays his eyes on the crowd he changes his stance to “but I did not want to shoot the elephant.”(Orwell 199). He felt guilty for shooting the elephant when he describe that the elephant worth more alive than dead, but despite the many reason not to shoot the elephant, he took a shot. Orwell describes “when I pulled the trigger I did not hear the bang or feel the kick …I fired again into the same spot…I fired a third time. That was the shot that did it for him.”(199) the shooting of the elephant represent the Burma people trying to stay alive and over powering by the
Prejudice plays a big part in “Shooting an Elephant.” It is seen in the relationship between the Burmese natives and the narrator,
In the article “Angry Tweets Won’t Help African Lions” first published on 7/1/2016 in The New York Times Richard Conniff attempts to use the recent death of Zimbabwe’s Cecil the lion as a medium for informing readers of the New York Times about what is going on in Africa and the impact these events are having on the lions. Cecil the lion was a mascot of sorts for Zimbabwe until he was hunted down and killed by Walter Palmer in the name of “Trophy Hunting”. The real driving force behind this seems to not necessarily be Trophy hunting, but in fact is the dwindling number of lions in Africa today. As pointed out by Conniff, one overwhelming problem that is affecting the lion's population is the killing of them and their food supply by impoverished
Bernhard Schlink once said, “As an author, you hope for a director and a cast that will make something wonderful out of your book” The director, Francis Lawrence, did just this for the author, Sara Gruen, and her book, Water for Elephants. Water for Elephants is a thrilling romance about a man named Jacob Jankowski, who jumps on a train and joins the circus. He then falls in love with a girl who has a crazy husband. This plot that pulls on the audience’s heart strings has a wide range of moods that help the story be such an emotional roller coaster for the audience. The author and director both do a beautiful job of showing the different moods: romance, nostalgia, and intense that helps
The documentary of Gardeners of Eden released on Apr 24, 2015, film directed by Anneliese Vandenberg and Austin peck reveals the real life dilemma of Africa's elephants becoming extinct, due to the fact of the worldwide ivory trade. Poaching has become very common. This documentary is persuading the audience to help spread the word about the fact that Africa's elephant species are coming to extinction. In this documentary Daphne Sheldrick talks about the challenges these elephants are facing and the story behind helping these mammals through the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, raising orphaned elephant calves and reintroducing them into the wild. The film directors control what kind of rhetorical strategies, as well as dramatic aspects and
Elephants are an endangered species and they should not be killed for their ivory or they will become extinct. In the article The Poaching Problem the author writes” elephant populations have declined to dangerously low levels.” At the rate that poachers are killing these innocent animal the entire species of elephants will be extinct in the year 2030! That is only twenty five years, I know that does not seem like a long time but it is going to go by fast and every one will regret killing all those poor innocent gentle creatures. In case study 483 they author writes “ During the 1970s and 1980s elephant poaching had included about 1.3 million elephants killed for their tusks.” It is hard to distinguish between legal and illegal ivory so it is sold easily.
...l the flow of conflict diamonds. Both assure consumers that more than 99% of rough stones today come from conflict-free sources which are regulated by the Kimberley process. According to the people who profited from diamonds, the blood diamonds problem is passé5. Further research tells us that it is not. According to Father Rocco Puopolo of the Africa Faith and Justice Network, he says “It’s not passé,” “the diamond industry can claim what they want and the film will always serve as a template for what is going on in Africa today.” This point out that labour exploitation and conflict (for control of precious resources such as gold) may still be going on in Africa.
Similarly, Water for Elephants has a very dark mood as well as many dark subjects that are mentioned throughout the story. The main disturbing idea mentioned in this novel is animal abuse. Rosie, the elephant that acts as a large part of the circus, is beaten countless times by the antagonist of the story. The presence of Rosie’s abuse and the vivid images one pictures of August
Warren, illustrates her rationalization that, “...ecological feminism is the position that there are important connections-historical, experiential, symbolic, theoretical- between the domination of women and the domination of nature…(281)”. Warren justifies her argument of using this ecofeminist framework through the discussion of the essence or “recipe” in which domination and oppression has historically worked to disenfranchise not only women but nature. In understanding how the ecological feminism may be applied to the exploitation, marginalization, and objectification of poaching elephants in Zimbabwe, it’s important to be formally cognizant of concepts included in feminism addressed in Warren’s argument. Through this work, it is important to remember that every ideology has its own points of illogic self-contradiction that allows us to understand its operation and decrease its
Much of the conflicting inner voices that the narrators of each of the pieces have, while not always clearly stated, are in fact their personal voice fighting against the controlling voice of society. In several ways, this creates symbols of insecurity, such as the clothing in “The New Dress,” as well as within “The Doll’s House”. All four of these pieces work to symbolize the nearly constant struggle that every single person struggles with between choosing to do what one feels is right and what one has been told by society to be correct. This is notably seen in “Shooting an Elephant” as the crowd watching the officer during his pursuit of the elephant symbolizes the peer pressure and societal expectations that often follow one everywhere. Then interestingly in “The New Dress,” the main symbol is actually a changing symbol that alters in symbolic value from the beginning to the end of the story.
An elephant may seem to be a silly topic to be writing an honors thesis over. To a lot of people the elephant is a mammal they can only find at the zoo or in a circus. It is not something to be treasured and loved. It is a machine to move logs across the country or to fight wars. It is something to stare at in adoration and wonder. It is something they never touch. They might as well just be something of fairy tales and stories. The truth about elephants is that they are truly magical creatures that are of fairy tales and stories. They are creatures who have been on Earth for millions of years. They lived when dinosaurs still walked the Earth and continue to survive even today. People need to understand the importance of these remarkable creatures. They also need to understand the value that these animals play with thousands of peoples lives, including my own. They portray a symbol of strength, hope, knowledge and thousands of other things. They have been depicted in gods and religions. Most importantly, to me they are a symbol of love and adoration. They remind me of a time when my father was still with me. This is why I am writing my thesis. I plan to discuss the importance of elephants to many different religions and cultures.
Morally, I think this story clearly states that people would do anything to avoid being embarrassed. From my understanding, I think that this story teaches us that we should be open to hear people?s opinions but we should follow our instincts. We should not allow others to make the decisions for us. The police officers just shoot the elephant because people wanted him to do so. This essay is trying to help us to see that we should look at the pros and cons of an issue rather than making a quick decision that can affect someone. I cannot condemn the author for shooting the elephant, though he knew it was wrong. Nor can I condemn him for giving in to the natives and not sticking to his guns. He does not want to appear foolish to others like all of us do.