Tuesday, November 11, 2008

4 things

Picture
http://www.helpyourautisticchildblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/adhd-18223.jpg
The picture is of two heads interconnected to show the difficulty that people with ADHD go through to concentrate on one thing. The audience is young people since it is a cartoon. Having ADHD makes one feel like they are two people trying to work as one to achieve a common goal except both people think differently. The ethos is that is it not ok to label people in this way. Just because they have a hard time concentrating it doesn't mean that they are two people. The Pathos is the emotion of confusion. The logos is that one feels like two people when they cannot concentrate. 
Book: Prozac Nation
http://www.antipsychiatry.org/br-pro-n.htm
The book describes how stimulant drugs affect people with ADHD entirely differently than normal people. It talks about how people use stimulant drugs to make their life better when really they don’t need it. It shows how people blame their sorrow on chemical imbalances but they loose sight that the real reason they are depressed is because their life is a mess. The ethos of this is don’t ignore your problems and use drugs to fix it. Everyone is different and drugs will not fix that. The Pathos is the emotion on feels in being exiled for having ADHD. The Logos is that their is no reason to use drugs if you do not have a chemical imbalance. 
Song: Whats My Age Again by: Blink 182
http://www.metrolyrics.com/whats-my-age-again-lyrics-blink-182.html
This song is about a crazy rocker who doesn't understand his ways and why he dose things impulsively. His friends tell him he has ADD but is unaware of what that means. This represents how difficult it is to function in the modern world without learning about the proper tools. The argument is that the set backs ADD causes are not seen as a positive thing in society. This song if for teens and young adults which it is seen that 26% have a mental disorder. The element presented are childish but simply shows how people with ADD act and how others see is as wrong. The emotion shows how frustrating it is to deal with other people who don’t understand what having ADD is like. By showing people who have ADD that it is ok to show their true self it makes people feel less labeled and exiled. This song was very popular in the late 1990’s and after this time period more people came fourth with having it since it was more acceptable. 
Film: Thumbsucker
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318761/
In this movie Justin who is 17 years old wants to stop sucking his thumb. He knows it makes his family look bad and doesn't want to let them down. At the same time he knows that sucking his thumb makes him who he is. He is scared to loose his identity and his passion for sucking his thumb. After he stops he is diagnosed with ADHD and turns to drug use and sex to over come is lose. This shows that people think that people with ADHD turn to drugs and sex. This may be true but the only reason it may be true in some cases is because people are labeled and exiled making them turn to things that make them feel good.

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