In Blog #9 I summarized and analyzed the film Where to Invade Next by Michael Moore. This week we are to choose three topics and provide a research question and argument for each. This exercise will help us in choosing and setting up the initial research for our upcoming research paper.
Topic: Universal Health Care Research Question: What are the benefits of a free universal health care system Argument: Having health care is an internationally recognized human right. America must join other countries in providing health care for all its citizens. Topic: Universal Health Care Research Question: What would be the increase in taxes and costs to taxpayers to have a free universal health care system. Argument: A free universal heath care system would save taxpayers money by making the population healthier and more productive. Topic: School Lunches Research Question: Should school lunches be free for all students, and should parents be on the lunch committee as well as local officials. Argument: If all children had to eat the same food and parents had an equal say in the food that was served to their children, the quality of food would increase. Topic: Police Brutality Research Question: Do American law enforcement officers get enough human dignity training and oversight. Argument: If law enforcement officers received better training and support, the incidences of police brutality would decrease.
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In this blog, I will summarize and give a rhetorical analysis of the film Where to Invade Next by Michael Moore. Michael Moore is an Academy Award winning American filmmaker, author, and activist who is known for his controversial documentaries. His films include Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko. Summary In the documentary Where to Invade Next, Michael Moore visits other countries to see how they have solved some of the most pressing problems facing America. In Italy he visits with top manufacturers and finds that Italian workers receive 8 weeks paid vacation, shorter working hours, and paid maternity-leave. France has school cafeterias that would put some restaurants to shame and have a more practical and effective approach to sex education. Finland is number one in the world in education and he shows us the differences in their system. Slovenia has college that is free to not only their citizens but foreign students. Germany remembers the Holocaust, so they can learn from it and move on. Portugal and Norway have much more effective laws and systems to deal with drugs and criminal rehabilitation. Tunisia held a non-violent revolution and have women’s rights with free family planning and abortion. Iceland shows us that women are more than capable of leading the country as well as major corporations and banks. After the collapse of the economy, Iceland also used an American prosecutor to help them put corrupt bankers in jail, unlike in our country where the bankers were not punished. Moore concludes the film by pointing out that the ideas for these programs were developed in this country, but we just did not use them to their fullest potential. Rhetorical Analysis In the documentary Where to Invade Next, Michael Moore does a very good job with appealing to our emotions on some very important issues. For example, in the beginning of the film he shows police brutality while former presidents are talking about how we will fight terrorism in foreign countries. Moore show us how successful other approaches to education, prison, and school lunches are in other countries. He shows us with statistics facts that these systems are better as well as cheaper than the systems in use in this country. By meeting with CEOs, Ministers, and the President of Slovenia, he establishes his credibility with the audience. It is no coincidence that this film was release just prior to the 2016 presidential election. Moore was trying to persuade Americans to look harder our domestic challenges, and what the candidate’s policies were on these issues. Showing us possible solutions to problems is an effective way of having the voters question the current system. |
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