Analysis

The four modes I choose were the movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the board game: Candy Land, the song Sugar Sugar by Archies and a photograph of a sugar cube by Uwe Hermann. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory relates to my topic because it is about a candy and how the most of the kids that want it are spoiled and don’t know how to control themselves. This movie does show the negative affects of candy (or sugar) on the kids if they don’t know how to handle it. The audience for this movie would be for children and it shows how the sugar industry targets children. This source uses both Ethos and Pathos by showing Charlie’s relationship with his family and Wily Wonka. When Charlie is offered his business he makes the right choose by choosing his family over owning the entire factory. By making the right decision he gets everything he wants in the end. The Chocolate factory and Wonka try to brain wash him but Charlie is strong enough to see what is right and that his family comes first. The other kids in the movie don’t listen to their parents and do not care about anyone but themselves and they are the ones that suffer the most. I also choose candy land which is a board game meant for younger kids. This game uses pathos by selling candy to children because it is something that appeals to them. This is another example of how candy and sugary foods is marketed to younger children.
The song Sugar Sugar shows how people call things “sugar” that they love or feel addicted too. It is usually more of an infatuation then “love” showing how sugar is not really good for them but just an indulgence. The audience for this song is more of teenager to young adult. The picture is an up close of a sugar cube showing nothing but white crystals. The viewer doesn’t really know what to make of it. The audience can be of any age or education. It could be used to show how this substance that resembles many drugs is what is consumed in such high amounts by Americans. It can also show how it has no nutritional value and if compared to picture of sugar cane the viewer could see how much purifying must be done to make sugar. Having four different modes is useful because they each have a different audience that they are more directed too. This allows me to reach a broader audience then if I just choose one mode.