Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade Defends Charlie

1. Identify the nature of proof in Frank's monologue, siting evidence he used in Charlie's defense.


I definitely felt like Al Pacino's character demonstrated a lot of ethos in the argument to defend Charlie. He showed this by talking about his past and how he had been through a lot so you knew he knew what he was talking about, and just the passion in his voice. Which leads me into pathos and the emotional way Frank delivered his speech. He talked about what he went through in the war and pertained it to the kids at the institution and in defending Charlie. Just a firm, passionate delivery in Charlie's defense. Then there's logos, which Frank was very good at portraying. He talked about logic and the way that other boys were really not using it and Charlie was the only one standing up for truth and what he felt was right. Once again Frank brought in a lot of his own choices in life and how they influenced his attitude and feelings on this subject. And I loved when Frank told the committee to think about what they are doing and not destroy Charlie's future, but protect it.


2. Of the four styles of dramatic or vicarious proof, which did Frank exploit to turn attitudes around about Charlie? How did this style function in terms of reason?


I think the answer to this question is very obvious, and that is the way Frank uses his experiences and testimony to pursue the committee. Frank is very confident and emotional about defending what Charlie is doing, and the way he talked about things he had gone through and relating it to this situation was very powerful. I particularly like when he talked about seeing people lose limbs in war and he related it to an "amputated spirit." It just gave the committee a great way to really picture how bad their choices and outcome for Charlie could wind-up being.


3. What cultural myths or images were employed to increase the appeal of Frank's argument? How did this influence his attempted shift of opinion?


I think Frank hit a lot on the value of challenge and what his choices in life had led to. He also talked about how Charlie was going through a lot of challenges and he really seemed to make the right choice, unlike Frank, and kept working as hard as he could to embrace the challenges and learn from them. Basically saying that he himself hadn't made the right decisions in hard times of his life, but Charlie had and had a lot of potential to keep going in the right direction.


4. Which of Reich's parables apply or applies to Frank's reasoning?


Once again an obvious answer. The triumph individual is the parable that applies the most to this clip. Just by the way Frank talks about how Charlie really stuck to his guns and didn't rat any of his friends out. And he was trying to show the committee that that takes a lot of balls and through these triumphant times he Charlie will become a great man.


5. What was Frank's reasoning in terms of logical appeal?


Some of the logic appeal was definitely the way Frank related his past, and all the hard decisions, to what Charlie was going through. Like I stated earlier, he just painted a great picture for the committee to think about through his experiences. I also think a lot of logic came from trying to persuade the committee to really think about what they could do to Charlie's future through their actions.


6. How did Frank's paralinguistics impact his expression and the meaning of his words? Please give specific examples – three will do.


The one that stands out the most for me, and I use very often, was the power in Frank's voice and the way he demanded attention from the committee. Like yelling, " You want to see out of order?" and talking about killing Charlie's soul.


Another one would be precision and the choice words Frank uses at certain times during his defense. Like amputated spirit, and think about his future.


The last one would be the variations of speed used in Frank's speech. He really seemed to deliver stuff, that he really wanted the committee to hear, in more of a firm slow manner. Where as other times he talked really quick just to kind of shut up the committee and get his point through as fast as possible.


Thanks for everything it has been a pleasure.

Outline

I am going to link hobbies, happiness, and long life together.


I'm going to start off by saying a few hobbies that I feel make people in our class happy. Then I will talk about how we've all heard the saying happiness leads to a long life. There have been studies shown that do say happiness leads to a longer life.  www.cnn.com/2011/10/31/health/happiness-linked-longer-life/index.html


There are a lot of studies and websites that link hobbies to happiness, and therefore can be linked to a longer happier life. One article I found talked about being socially involved with and hobby people around you have. Megan hit on this during here presentation and mentioned how much happier she was when she got involved in Dixie State activities. I'm also going to bring up how I am glad I presented after a few people simply because I saw the happiness the exuded through talking about their hobbies.  




hobbiesforhappiness.org
greatergood.berkeley.edu/.../happiness_is_being_socially_connected
ninabadzin.com/2011/08/02/hobbies-and-happiness

Reich

http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/127-change-the-world






I have to admit I was trying to look for a video that talked about St. George's floods and how the community came together at those times of needs. I went on to choose this video because it basically portrays a lot of good ways people can come together to help change the world and help their communities.


I connected Reich's value of the community to this and I absolutely have noticed it in our community, not only in times of needs just throughout my time living here in southern Utah. People are quick to lend a helping hand or just simply be a listener for someone. I agree not everyone falls into the category of helping the community in anyway possible, but I believe that if more people started doing kind things it would definitely start a trend and help change the world little by little.

Larson's cultural images and myths

https://youtu.be/WnEfPE2hysg




I feel this video definitely hits on Larson's value of a challenge cultural images and myth. I don't know who the speaker is in this video, but the way he puts the message out made me really focus on his words and not the video. The speaker starts by talking about all the challenges we have as human beings, and if we don't get in a habit or pattern on how to deal with those challenges we're fucked. People always talk about what they could have done with their lives instead of what they should have done. This video really talks about putting the pressure of the challenges on yourself and building up the habits to face things.


He used emotions and attitude to really tell it how it is. He used explicit words that may offend some people, but for me it shows more emotion and just gets straight to the point. If people want things to change for the better in their lives then they should learn to value the challenges they might face and grow as they learn.