Tuesday, June 2, 2009
rhetorical visions
The poster of WWII that I have selected to discuss is in part 2 of the exhibition . The thing that caught my attention was the wording. In reality there is never any time to kill, because you never know what will happen next. The wounded man and the dark colors in the poster represent tragedy. Especially with all the black that is in it. It is said by a lot of people that the color black means that there is pain and suffering. And that is exactly what men and their families went thru. These men left their families behind and many never returned. A majority of them also saw their friends die. So to me this is the poster that I think that best represents WWII.
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I agree with your analysis. I think the poster guilts Americans into doing what the poster asks of them. What key rhetorical concepts do you think this poster used?
ReplyDeleteCould you provide an image of the poster? I'm interested in seeing how the color is used to represent emotion.
ReplyDeleteKat
Great color analysis. I can't remember if this poster shows the soldier's face or not. That's one thing I notice about these posters, they often depict folks who can't really be identified. This happens in ads today - when they are shot from the viewers point of view or when you see bodies but not faces. It allows us to project ourselves or those we know into the ad.
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