The People We Always Forget

For the Junior Humanities class called Rhetoric .We learned about the different techniques and appeals of Rhetoric. For example, the appeals for Rhetoric are Logos which is an appeal to reason, Ethos which is showing credibility and Pathos which is an appeal to emotion. Techniques are devices like, anaphora which is when you make a certain word or phrase repeat in one or more sentences. Simile is making a comparison using the words like or as. For this action project we had to make an artistic piece that represents something that we feel strongly about. Me and my partner decided to make a voice over of the train to make people realize who rides the train, for example homeless people. It’s called ‘The Voices Of The Lost.This piece makes people realize that not everyone around them has what they have. To be blunt it is a piece about the homeless that go unnoticed in Chicago. This piece breaks the barrier of the status quo by putting people through the experiences they live through every day and make them realize what they have so blindly forgotten or ignored. When hearing this recording we want the listener to think about all the different people that struggle through life. We wanted to unite all of the people in Chicago to help those who can’t help themselves. This artwork is original except for the sounds my partner found on the internet to make it sound like the listener was actually on the train. He made a script that would get the attention of people.

            

                                      (LS,The Voices Of The Lost Ones"(2016)






Our rhetorical appeal in this piece is pathos. Throughout the recording , we were trying to get people to feel like they were on a train and then make them think about questions asked by my partner LS. Ethos was also a part in the piece as well. If people were to come up to each other on the train an repeat what the recording is saying, it would not have the same response. This message coming from the intercom, which is always spitting out stops about the train plays a huge part of the response to people. If you look at any map of the racial boundaries of the city, it is obvious that there is a strong divide ,where the groups of color live in Chicago. Many people may even feel that they live in a completely different city. In most cases, people that live up north aren't even aware that problems happen as far as racism as frequent as it does. This is why instead of attacking the people that are unaware, we want to make aware of there mistakes.



Often, we don’t care to think that there are homeless people that live on these trains. When we do see them, we complain behind the safety of our computer screens about them sleeping on the seats of the train. One well known homeless person is Freddie the homeless man ("Forgotten"). He sleeps on the Redline all day until the beds at a shelter open up at night. There are 2,055 people that live on the street or public transportation and parks in 2015 (Rianne). We want people to want to get involved on their own accord, not because they got ideas shoved into their head.




Citation:

Coale, Rianne. "As Homeless Numbers Rise in Chicago, CTA Is a Place of Refuge | Transit Diaries." Redeyechicago.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 Oct. 2016.

"The Forgotten Passengers." A Red Line Project Special Report. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2016.

Kendrick Takes Over Rhetoric With The Blacker The Berry

In the Junior humanities class called Rhetoric .We learned about the different techniques and appeals of rhetoric.For example, the appeals for rhetoric are Logos which is an appeal to reason, Ethos which is showing credibility and Pathos which is and appeal to emotion. Techniques are devices like, anaphora  which is when you make a certain word or phrase repeat in one or more sentences. Simile is making a comparison using the words like or as. We visited father Pfleger to talk to him about what he has done for his community and ask questions. The last reason that we talked to him is to have an idea of who us a rhetorical challenger for our action project. For this action project we had to chose a rhetorical challenger and use Prezi or slide to make a presentation to prove it that the person we chose is a rhetorical challenger by analyzing speeches or lyrics in my case.

   

 Citations:
"Childhood Maltreatment Experiences among US Army Reserve ..." N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2016.
"Five Points Gang - Wikipedia." N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2016
"Free Image on Pixabay - Kermit, Frog, Drink, Alcohol, Drunk." N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2016
"Kendrick Lamar @ 2016 Grammy Awards on Vimeo." N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2016.

Rising Above

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest soul, the massive characters are seared with scars"Khalil Gibran (Criminal Minds)

In the Junior, class called Rhetoric we learned about what makes up rhetoric ( audience speaker and message).We visited the history museum seeing the exhibits The lives of objects. We learned about the effect of Rhetoric on others , another thing that we learned was the techniques that make rhetoric more effective. Lastly, we learned how does rhetoric influence.For this action project, we had to make a speech for a candidate, they have to answer my question which is Why is the murder rate rising in Chicago

                    
                                            AL Rhetoric Speech from AL on Vimeo.

In Chicago, the murder rate has been rising a lot lately due to the rate of gun violence, because a large percent of gangs in the Chicago area.This topic has been on the news more frequently in these past three years involving gangs killing little kids with parent having gang ties.Tyshawn lee a nine-year-old boy was led into an alley and murdered by two gangs members that his father was assumed to have gang ties with,a child playing ball with his friends shot for something he knew nothing about. A woman who was 49 years old an innocent bystander was and killed in a gang crossfire trying to buy coffee from Starbucks. We can't even get a latte without being killed in the crossfire.

In May of last year, it was 46 murders and 318 shootings to 66 murders in may this year and 397 shootings. This is just some of the statistics of the rate rising. in the article 10 shootings a day: Complex causes of Chicago's spiking violence in the Chicago tribune stating that,” through June Chicago has had more homicides than the two largest cities combined” mostly being in the Englewood and Harrison neighborhoods are one-fourth of the homicides in Chicago related to gang disputes. I think that this should not be something that as 16-year-old girl that i should be worrying about, I should be worried about turning in my homework and dating instead every day I see new murder victims due to gangs. I am ashamed of where I was born , this is my home I have lived her since I was in the fourth grade, to become a youthful young women worried about my brother being killed by the police or shot in the crossfire of gangs getting home from work.

We as citizens of Chicago, should better try to have our kids have activities after school to keep them from joining gangs or being victimized by one. We as citizens should help out community to get out city back to way it used to be. We as citizens should not be ashamed to say where we are from to other in different cities , we should not be afraid to say if we live in Englewood or Harrison it shouldn't matter where we are from inside we are all the same. We As citizen need to love each other and be supportive not kill little boys that barely have even lived. Loving where we from to should be like loving our parents that house and clothes us. Kids being able to go play ball with no worries is like , minorities not having to deal with discrimination for wanting a good job to support their families.

Sources:
Https://www.facebook.com/wgnnews. "Chicago Murder Rate Jumps in May 2016 Compared to May 2015." WGNTV. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Sept. 2016.

Sweeney, Annie, and Jeremy Gorner. "10 Shootings a Day: Complex Causes of Chicago's Spiking Violence." Chicagotribune.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 26 Sept. 2016.

Nathan-francis. "Tyshawn Lee: 9-Year-Old Chicago Boy Executed By Gang Members Because Of His Father's Gang Ties." The Inquisitr News. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Sept. 2016.

Fessenden, Ford, and Haeyoun Park. "Chicago’s Murder Problem." The New York Times. The New York Times, 2016. Web. 27 Sept. 2016