The video operationalizes logos as one of the main rhetorical appeals for the video. The whole point of the video is to show children of the 60's how to properly act in the household. Thus the author uses logos by establishing the do's and don'ts of table manners and actions in the household. By throwing in the don'ts children logically think why acting in a "bad" way would cause a bad atmosphere in the whole home and abad attitudes between all the people. To avoid doing that, the author suggests that, children should just follow the rules and hold off on any controversial conversations with parents, especially during dinner time. Now no child wants to be yelled at by their parents so they will listen to what the nice man in the video has to say and stay quiet and put on a smile. As well as holding off on controversial conversation, no one should monopolize the conversation and make the evening all about them. By doing that, obviously, others around you will be bored. 
In the video, also, all of the characters had almost tangible emotions. As a reader, you can see exactly what the emotions are portraying. This appeals to logos because in that time period of the 60's this video was targeted to the children in nuclear families so naturally the child would relate the persons in the video to their own family. So whatever emotions that the actions of the children cause, in the video, would be directly related to the children watching the video.
Logically, if the children followed what the man in the video said than they would have one big happy family.
-Krishna Shah
-Krishna Shah
I found that this summarizes the use of logos in the video well. I would definitely agree that it would be a logical choice for children to obey their parents, as angering them can lead to unwanted consequences.
ReplyDeletePerhaps you could add a few hyperlinks to other sources to strengthen the points made, as well as separate the text into sections for improved readability.
-Anderson Lee
This video is very interesting and eye opening as to the lifestyle adopted in the 1960's. the logical argument is clear within this video, and you explained it well. I liked that you highlighted the key point that the man dictated the actions. You can clearly tell from the way the video is presented that men ruled the households and wanted things to run smoothly and with precision. Not only does logic come into play with the behavior ideals for the family, but it is also apparent with the male ideology presented.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be interesting to elaborate on the logical rules for the family and look at the male justification of the household rules, as well as internal logic from all family members in reaction to the family structure.
I definitely agree with your post in regards to the video; you did a good job of explaining the logos. For children, it does appear logical to just obey their parents, particularly in this video. They get the notion that if they didnt obey their parents, then there would be consequences, and therefore, they followed all the rules.
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