The cowboy way of life has been around the United States of America for a long time and has grown to even be a competitive sport, not only a lifestyle. There is one very difficult section of the sport in particular that comes along with being a cowboy, bull riding. While risking one’s own health, a cowboy is to mount a bull and ride it for eight full seconds; all while being graded by judges and receiving fifty points from the bull’s performance and fifty points from his own performance. The Ride is an effective documentary for an audience of young college students with little knowledge of the sport of bull riding that are looking to learn more about it. One aspect of The Ride that young college students, with little knowledge of the bull riding sport, would enjoy is the relatable personal stories. One example that the young college students would be fond of is JB Mauney’s inside look at his life in and out of the arena. Inside the arena he is a successful young bull rider that is strongly enjoyed by PBR fans, while outside the arena, he is mostly like every other young adult in America that has gone through many jobs before finding the one he was meant for, enjoys hanging out with friends, and has …show more content…
An example of the emotional appeal being used in the documentary is when Shorty Gorham, a bull fighter, takes his daughter with him to feed his longhorns and also attends his son’s baseball game with his wife and daughter. The emotional appeal attracts many people, including young college students. The filmmaker uses this to make the viewers realize that the famous men have families just like everyone else that care for him and worry about him. The emotional appeal is often used to grab an individual’s attention and persuade him or her understand the point. As a result, the emotional appeal is used to make this documentary extremely