Blog Post #24: Outline Student's Guide Essay

The Power of Rhetorical Implications on Sex-Trafficking

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-pross/how-a-human-trafficking-v_b_7812658.html

OUTLINE OF Student's Guide Essay

Intro:
          1.) Background= Hook sentence that portrays the rhetorical context of modern sex-trafficking.
          2.) Compares modern sex trafficking to the historical slave trade; themes including the exploitation of women, women as commodity.
         3.) Introduces the documentary film that will be analyzed (what is sex trafficking, how it affects slaves).
         4.) Thesis: how film affects viewers to oppose the sex trade. (emotional responses)

Body Paragraph 1:**** Interesting example that really reflects the horrors of sex-trafficking to readers. (Easy to visualize)
          1.) Point: Nolot utilizes specific imagery to appeal to viewers' emotions, and elicit sadness in order to spark a call to action for viewers to condemn sex-trafficking.
          2.) Provided Example: Sex-Trafficking "Fashion Show"- Instead of clothes, the slave holders are analyzing the women themselves. This attention is essentially materializing and objectifying women as nothing more than commodities.
         3.) Explanation: The imagery evokes disgust and sympathy amongst viewers in order to allow them to recognize the need to end global sex trafficking.

Body Paragraph 2:
          1.) Point: Nolot utilizes direct evidence from a professional to appeal to viewers' emotions (viewers will trust the professional, and accept his/her facts as truth).
          2.) Example: A clinical psychologist depicts the dehumanizing effects of sex trafficking. The psychologist compares the women in the trafficking industry to dogs (the commands and obedience they are expected to follow).
          3.) Explanation: Nolot uses shocking mental evidence as a call to action for viewers intended to realize the inevitable humanitarian violations involved with sex trafficking.

Body Paragraph 3& 4: *** Weak paragraph- somewhat difficult to visualize examples included by author.
          1.) Nolot employs cinematographic techniques to appeal to viewers' emotions.
          2.) Example: Cinematographic angle of a woman facing ruthless beatings. The picture fades to black, which is a representation of the isolation the woman faces, and the diminishment of her soul.
               Example 2: Narrowing circular angle that fades to black: intended to represent the broken emotional outlook and hopelessness victims of sex trafficking experience.
          3.) Explanation: The diminishment of the victim's soul, and isolation she experiences spark the  viewers' hatred towards the sex trafficking industry, and are intended to persuade Nolot's audience to refute the practice of sex trafficking.

Conclusion: Nolot is blunt and up-front with intense imagery and artistic approaches in order to emotionally shock viewers and depict the emergent need for action against sex trafficking in order to provide victims with a brighter future, and chance at healing.