Rhetorical Analysis Rough Draft

This image above symbolizes the rhetorical argument about the difference of need and want with mobile technology. You notice in the picture that everyone has a cell phone, so due to that situation they depict cell phones as a necessity. The image plays on development of social reaction. When I say social reaction, I mean the way our society has the need to fit in with social norms in correlation to a positive reaction of their peers. Grant-Davie explains the importance of exigence, rhetor, and audience, when analyzing a rhetorical situation. “Exigence”, Grant-Davie emphasizes, “what the discourse is about, why it is needed and what should it accomplish.”(106) After understanding Grant-Davie definition of exigence, I can say that the significance of this photo is to illustrate the discourse of mobile technology and its ability to amplify through social groups.

 In order to recognize the importance of rhetor Grant-Davie suggests, “rhetor is those people,real or imagined, responsible for the discourse and its authorial voice.”(108) From my understanding the definition of the rhetor in the image above is high school or college students sitting around on their cell phone in order to play a role with the connection to the audience. The rhetor in this image establish, logos through appealing to the audience intellect on “what is a need” and “what is a want”.  Additionally our society is based around consumerism and technology. Everyone always wants the newest gadget, in order to be socially accepted.

            “Audience”, Grant-Davie believes they are “those people real imagined, with whom rhetors negotiate though discourse to achieve the rhetorical questions.” (109) The view of the audience is the main purpose of rhetorical situations. The people in the image above are high school or college students with cell phones and define them as a necessity. The audience can compare themselves to the people and may consider cell phones as a necessity to them. This image suggests the influence of your peers and the influence of technology with the younger generations. In which the rhetorical objective would be completed.

Lastly, although an image can establish its achievements through exigency, rhetor, and audience they may lack due to constraints. Grant-Davie implies “constraints” [as] factors in the situation's context that may affect the achievement of the rhetorical objectives. Possible constraints in the image above may include no advertisement for cell phone companies or what type of cell phones they have. Additionally, people who cannot afford cell phones may not be included in the social construction.