Critical Introduction


"The Orange Tang" is written by four English 1101 students at McDaniel College who have prior knowledge of the brand Tang. We chose this topic because we were fascinated that the brand Tang dated back to the 1960's. With that being said we wonder if the people in the 1960's shared the same thoughts about Tang like it appeals to us?Not only that but one of our group members in particular grew up as a child drinking Tang. To show the comparison of the brand Tang from the 1960's -2009 we used commercials from you-tube. Our 1960's commercial involves the space race which appealed to many people especially kids. In this video it says how the astronauts drink Tang to become stronger. In the 2009 commercial the audience is still focus on kids but there is a different value. If you drink Tang you can be smarter, a ladies man, or be capable to anything that you put your mind to. We chose commercials rather then pictures or lyrics because you can actually see and hear the actions that were being done in each video. Do we have the same values towards Tang like the people from the 60's? We would say that's still up for argument, because if not why do we still drink Tang?

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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Rhetorical Analysis: Pathos

The 1960's commercial has an appeal to pathos but using happy emotions. The space explorations shown in the commercial were successful travels. These commercials brought a positive step into the future of space exploration. The commercial was saying by drinking Tang helped make the space explorations so successful. Also by drinking Tang, you are stepping into a healthier lifestyle.
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5 comments:

  1. CAGBMarch 3, 2014 at 8:27 AM

    These are good explications of the appeals to emotion, but what about appeals to imagination?

    (Also, nice start on your critical introduction. Think about how you'll expand it.)

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  2. UnknownMarch 4, 2014 at 6:09 AM

    I feel like the modern commercial really invokes a sense of imagination and inventiveness, which is then associated with the Tang. The commercial really reminded me of back when I was a little kid, I used to build and create new things all the time. Also, to me, the music in the background has a real happy feel to it. This is a powerful combination (Bryan)

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  3. AnonymousMarch 5, 2014 at 7:55 PM

    The 60s commercial also seems to adhere to the audiences sense of adventure! Viewers see the brave astronauts in space and the target audience of children want to be like the heroes on tv! The children will think that if the astronauts use it to start their day, I can certainly use it to start mine!

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  4. AnonymousMarch 5, 2014 at 7:57 PM

    The 1960s commercial appealed to pathos by showing that if you drink tang you can perform any daunting task successfully. In this particular commercial they use the space travel and showed Americans traveling successfully to the moon and said y drinking tang that made it to the moon.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 5, 2014 at 8:34 PM

    The appeal to pathos is definitely present in the 1960s commercial. This prays on the imagination of children by saying, "Hey astronauts drink Tang, drink it and you could be like them." I also could be, as tyler said above, could be saying drinking Tang will help accomplish immense tasks, however, that appeals more to adults than it would children.

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