To This Day Analysis

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I really enjoyed this video because of how truthful and emotional it is. To This Day is an Anti-bullying video, it sends a powerful message about bullying. How bullying can have severe consequences. It can end lives and/or cause mental health problems such as depression. The story being told is a true story from past experiences which make it very realistic and how harsh bullies can be at times. The message of the video is that while you may feel alone and like nobody wants you, it will get better. You will find that special someone who loves you to the moon and back. You just have to power though and seek others for help or emotional support. It is also saying that if you see someone get bullied to intervene, help …show more content…

Some parents do not fully understand how much of an effect bullies have on their child's life. How it can change their mood to even thinking that everyone around them would be better off if they didn’t exists, but in fact this is not the cases. All the rhetorical devices used made this video one-hundred times better. Some rhetorical devices that the author used was anaphora, metaphor, and simile. The author used anaphora throughout the whole piece by repeating “To This Day.” This was great because he is a grown man and all of this happened to him as a child, and how even today these things happen. Also how things that happened a long time ago can still have an effect on people to this day. How the author uses other rhetorical devices also helps create a clear message and it gives the video a more emotional vibe. This video really speaks to me because I always try to help others and when I hear someone does ignorant things like bullying it makes me want to make a difference by standing up and speaking up for those who are scared to. Personally I never really got bullied when I was younger, but I have heard a lot of stories from people I know and strangers about bullying and it makes me sad that some people don’t have better things to do or that bullying is the only way to

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