ipl-logo

How To React-Based Documentary, Flow: Love And Water

454 Words2 Pages

Mariella Nelson-Munoz Mrs.Fox Current World Problems March 13th, 2024 Pathos is being able to appeal to the audience's emotions. In the documentary, Flow: Love and Water. The people involved in this fact-based documentary, want the audience to respond to their emotions, and stories so that their fellow audience can connect. In this documentary, pathos can be found at the film's beginning, with this doctor named Ashok Gadgil. It brings out information about what can come from the water that many are drinking, and how this problem affects many people. This can be found at one minute and fifty seconds in the film states.“More than two million people die every year from waterborne diseases, most of which are children, below five years of age”(Gadgil). …show more content…

The main source of our lives is ruining the future for today's children. Some examples of these waterborne diseases that are killing the majority of today's society include Legionnaires’ disease, Cyanobacterial Toxins, and Campylobacter. Without making changes in those waters that are affecting people daily, our population will decrease because of the outcomes of what the people put in the water and the outcomes from those actions. In the documentary, there is an appearance from a woman named Vandana Shiva, giving a testimonial about how the water has affected not only her but her community by not having efficient drinking water, this can be found in the film at eight minutes and forty-five seconds states. “All of these chemicals were designed for war, and the weapons used for mass destruction. Every amount of them came out of the war system, and now they are in our drinking water” (Shiva). People such as Shiva, are the ones being the most affected, showing frustration that the government is not showing effect on the outcomes that came from those

Show More
Related
615 Words | 3 Pages

The use of the vignette creates a sense of dirtiness and corruption that alludes to the main purpose of the chapter—water pollution. Glennon claims that “water pollution is an acute national problem that threatens our existing water supply” (76). Existing problems that the author discusses in his chapter include: the collection of sewage and storm water in a single collection system, nitrogen fertilizer, and animal feeding operations. Robert Glennon effectively validates his

Read More
88 Words | 1 Pages

Wallace, David. "Water" Kenyon College Commenament Speech 2005. Water's new and different point of view instantly draws the readers attention and makes them whant to continuereading. Walter explain's how people instantly only think about their own needs and do not think about what the person next to them might be going through. Walter makes the reader think about their actions and their own life making them realize that they could be happy by only making the correct decion.

Read More
586 Words | 3 Pages

Chapters 34-43 Chapters summary Starting with chapter 34, Tom has a plan to help Jim get out of jail. Huck is doubting Toms decision, since helping a slave could ruin his reputation. Later in Chapters 36-38, Tom and Huck try using the case-knives to help dig a tunnel under the cabin, but later realizing after a few hours that they need better tools.

Read More
1701 Words | 7 Pages

After watching the movie, “The Return of Cuyahoga River” I was blown away by all of the history, facts, ignorance, and activism displayed in this film. There was so much information packed into this documentary. Information about this 100-mile long river that curves north and then south as it u’s along Lake Erie, and how in “1827 U.S. citizens changed the Cuyahoga River for the first time.” It was originally a swampy marsh infested with mosquitos and caused problems for the city of Cleveland Ohio. Cleveland was a small lazy town until the mouth of the river was widened by humans allowing for mercantile boats to pass by their town.

Read More
388 Words | 2 Pages

When watching "Waterboy" starring Adam Sandler as Bobby Boucher Jr. you can assume its a comedy. "Waterboy is a movie about a high school with all the normal expectations people have about the sports and students except the fact that the water boy at the football games is in his 30s. The football players have their jokes with Bobby and their pranks but what they don 't know is, is that Bobby has major built up anger that will soon help him be a more talented player on the team than any of them. The dumb guy everyone always thought he was ended up being able to plan the most genius attacks on the other team and go through with it to win multiple games. The whole twist ofd the story is how he grew up to be where he is now.

Read More
1222 Words | 5 Pages

Imagine walking for miles and miles in the most excruciating heat to find a resource essential to every life form on this planet. Many people around the world deal with this terrible problem that can be solved. Stella Artois portrays this idea in their new Super Bowl commercial with a solution that the everyday person can help with. Stella Artois shows water running and running and then quickly flips to people in undeveloped countries walking and walking to get a resource that we use so carelessly here. This commercial stars Matt Damon (who has an organization that also donates water) holding a “chalice” that if bought, can help provide five years of clean water to people that are suffering in other places of the world.

Read More
631 Words | 3 Pages

According to Nicki L. Cole’s article, “Definitions of Intersectionality,” the concept of intersectionality “refers to the simultaneous experience of categorical and hierarchical classifications,” including race, class, and gender. Consequently, the different forms of oppression, such as racism, classism, and sexism, depend on one another and intersect to form “a unified system of oppression” (Cole). Using the concept of intersectionality as an “analytical tool,” social scientists may research “how different forms of privilege and oppression exist simultaneously in shaping [one’s] experiences in [society]” (Cole). In the article, “The Case for Reparations,” the concept of intersectionality reveals that capitalists purposely pitted the various

Read More
804 Words | 4 Pages

Change occurs every day involuntarily. When people encounter change they are limited to only two points of views on it, negatively or positively. Some may react by panicking and going into denial whereas others may try to adapt to it and make the best out of the situation. It can affect one’s life drastically depending on the situation and how they portray it. In the movie “Rivers and Tides” and the story “Metamorphosis,” and the passage, “Simplexity”, change is initially portrayed as positive, but after a series of events it becomes overthrown by negativity.

Read More
1214 Words | 5 Pages

Over a million children become sick every year from the water (The Ganges River). Indian environmentalists point the finger at the government, more specifically, at what is called the Ganga Action Plan. The plan to clean up the Ganges River failed, and pollution levels just keep getting higher, enraging citizens (Ridge). The plan failed due to old technology, unfollowed laws, internal government corruption, and mismanagement (Zubrzycki). In response, hundreds of Hindu holy men have threatened to commit suicide unless something is proposed to change (Nahar and Peel).

Read More
560 Words | 3 Pages

Fed Up is a documentary made in 2014 that is based on the issues caused by the American food industry. Fed Up, uncovers America’s true secrets about the food people consume every day. More specifically, it reveals the affect sugar has on people’s bodies. As a result, the amount of sugar in food, the bodies consent of glucose, and the satisfying taste it brings, too much sugar could cause certain sicknesses causing the body to not work the way it supposed to. To start off, the amount of sugar put in America’s food is predominately high.

Read More
893 Words | 4 Pages

The article also points out the long-term damage that can be done to children, stemming directly from the pollutants as well as considering the indirect negative impact that can occur, such as decreased school attendance. They reason that these pollutants can be significantly reduced through the implementation of policies that reduce pollution and, by proxy, health problems in children. I can use this source to present further evidence of the dangers of pollutants to children and their livelihoods. This can resonate within my audience as, not long ago, they themselves were children. Larr has completed a master of public health degree from Columbia University, while Neidell is an associate professor at the Department of Health Policy at Columbia University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Read More
995 Words | 4 Pages

Around the world, societies and the culture from many different countries seem to be crying out for help, almost silently at times. The social problems generated from most countries is due to many factors, such as; poverty, education, religion, sex, and government. What is believed to be right in one country can be perceived to be wrong in another. I recently viewed a documentary entitled; it’s a girl, directed by Evan Grae Davis. Learning about society and the people of the culture, helped me understand this documentary more in detail.

Read More
1050 Words | 5 Pages

I watched Sound and Fury, a documentary that came out in 2000, centered on the complications of getting the Cochlear Implant, and how Deaf and hearing communities can differ upon the topic. Particularly within one family, brothers along with their wives and parents have a tough time deciding if their Deaf children should undergo such a procedure. They all travel to visit families that are hearing with children who aren’t learning ASL because they have the implant. They visit a Deaf family whose 10-year daughter is the only person in the family to get the implant. They also visit schools focusing on speech to help Deaf children who wear hearing aids and/or got the Cochlear Implant, and visit a Deaf community with a school focused on ASL.

Read More
1154 Words | 5 Pages

In recent years, media growth has exploded in ways unforseen a generation ago. Since media continues to grow and reach every aspect of an individual’s life, be it through the news they receive or social media they follow, media’s influence on our society is largely present and seen everywhere. Additionally, the widening expanse of media options has made documentary film an emerging influencer that is attracting attention from individuals of all generations. The newly popular genre’s ability to combine appealing narratives, striking visuals, and crucial facts has already left its mark on the way we think about controversial topics and critical issues. Activist documentaries - or documentaries aimed at addressing controversial issues or relevant

Read More
1214 Words | 5 Pages

I have never lived away from home before attending college, so at times I feel homesick for the luxuries my family home provided me with. For example, I greatly miss my cats, my sister, having a private kitchen and bathroom, access to a car, and our spacious backyard. I often cannot wait to go home as I know all these things await me. I even frequently complain about missing these aspects of my life. For the millions of people displaced across the globe the feelings I have are massively multiplied as they are not just away from their home for a few months, but instead forced to abandon their homes forever.

Read More

More about How To React-Based Documentary, Flow: Love And Water

Open Document