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How It Should Have Ended

Harry Potter

How Harry Potter Should Have Ended

Summary:

In this video, Dumbledore is very open about all the mythical creatures Hogwarts has. When Voldemort and Harry are in there final face off, Snape comes back from the dead and shoots Voldemort with a hand gun. At the end, Snape takes the time turner and turns it 262,031 times on order to go back to Voldemort’s childhood and kill him.

Analysis:

  • The audience for this video is obviously primarily people who have seen Harry Potter so they can understand the characters and references.
  • I think knowledge of the topic is very important because if a person had never seen the Harry Potter movies or read the books, they would not know how the ending is different from the original.
  • The tone is somewhat comedic because Snape uses a hand gun to kill Voldemort which kind of defeats the whole purpose of having magical powers.
  • The video is animated which I think adds to the comedic aspect of it because they can have ridiculous things happen.

Hunger Games

How Hunger Games Should Have Ended

Summary:

The video starts by showing all the contestants riding out on their chariots, and Katniss and and Peeta are actually on fire, not just their clothes. At the games, when the game makers revoke the rule about having two victors, Katniss and Peeta agree to commit suicide instead of oil each other. At the last second, Katniss admits she does not love Peeta and does not eat the berries. Peeta does eat the berries, and, therefore, he dies.

Analysis:

  • The tone is this video is very sarcastic and literal. Like in the beginning when Katniss and Peeta are literally in fire and screaming for help. In the games, Peeta actually eats the berries and dies unlike the original movie.
  • The visual style, again, was animated which I think makes it even funnier. This one did a good job including details like Caesar Flickerman’s blue hair and Katniss’s famous side braid like it was in the movie.
  • The sound on this added a lot too. When Katniss and Peeta were on fire, the clip switched to Caesar Flickerman and he was laughing, and it sounded exactly like the guy in the movie and it was something that would have happened in the movie.

 

 

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Homeless Man In D.C. Response

What I Thought

The fact that Eric Sheptock chooses to live a homeless lifestyle in order to be an advocate is equally admirable and ridiculous to me. If it were me, I would try to escape homeless as soon as possible; however, he chooses to stay because  he is a role model to many other homeless people.

I can’t truly say If I agree or disagree.  Like I said, I think anyone who is homeless should seek any job possible to work their way back up to a steady income. Though I feel this way, I of think it is interesting that Sheptock does choose to be a social media advocate. It certainly shows the power of social media.

I think the set up of the article is fairly easy to read; however, I would have rather read his background story earlier in the article. Other than that, it was easy to read and understand what the author was trying to say.

Analysis

Pathos is used to play with the reader emotions. In the article, Homeless Man In D.C. Uses Facebook, Social Media To Advocate For Others Like Him, the author, Nathan Rott uses pathos to make readers feel sorry for the lack of homeless representation. The article is specifically about Eric Sheptock, a homeless nam and advocate in D.C.

Rott forces people to sympathize Sheptock. Rott says that even if Sheptock was offered a job, he would choose to keep his position as a digital influencer.

“He wouldn’t move out of the downtown D.C. shelter where he has slept for the past two years if it would make him a less effective voice for change,” (Rott).

Sheptock gives up the luxury of a steady income because he believes that his part as a role-model in the homeless community is too important which makes the reader root for him and his cause.