I think the question i find most interesting is number 5 on my blog, Should society be afraid of
Goths. This is in my opinion the most interesting question because i think it’s safe to say that the
majority of the middle/high class of society believes that dressing Gothic is very unorthodox and
especially after the columbine shootings, it may cause fear. People will be able to relate to this
because we pretty much all remember the columbine shootings and how the media portrayed the
shooters which i believe caused people to fear Goths. So i believe that i have a strong arguement
when the question “should they be feared” comes up, the answer i’m going to fight for
is NO. They shouldnt be feared.
The message i want to convey is that Gothic people aren’t all violent and that they are only seen
like that because of the way the media portrayed them especially after the Columbine shootings.
I want to show the audience how pathetic and judgemental they are being when they see a Gothic
person.
My intended audience will be middle/higher class with more conservative values
who fear Goths.
My intended audience is more conservative, more traditional and used to doing things the way
they have always been done such as dressing a certain way. This audience automatically
sees Goths as unorthodox and dont understand them. People usually tend to fear what they dont
understand.
Im planning on using Logos, which is going to be logic in this case. It isn’t logical to fear all
Goths because the way they dress resembles the columbine shooters. Just because two people
who wore Gothic clothing did something horrible, it shouldn’t ruin the way society or this
audience looks at Gothic kids now.
I will convey my appeal through a picture. The setting will be at a school and there will be a
Gothic kid coming to class, walking throug the enterance of the school. As he walks through the
doors every one gets frightened and a nearby a security officer calls for backup and tells a nearby
student to be prepared to get down. The Gothic kid sees all this and simple says “Uhhh yea im
here for the ACT testing?”