R.A.

http://www.cartercenter.org/resources/images/peace/mainpic_peace.jpg
I will am going to do a rhetorical analysis on this image. This is obviously asking for peace as it’s message. The audience, well I think it has something to do with people in the Middle East. You see children, that look like they are from that area. One of the kids is wearing a Kippa, or a yamica. This makes me think that we are talking about the Palestinian/ Israeli conflict. The interesting thing is that the word “waging” has the more of a fight connotation rather than anything else. So saying “waging peace” is a powerful word choice. Also, the picture is of children, which does a lot rhetorically, shows how the wars are effecting the innocent. It is also showing real faces. Rather than showing a large mob it shows real people. They do this to make the people at conflict evaluate what they are really doing. The war isn’t about controversial issues, it’s about people. The children are also smiling. They says that they will be a lot happier if they promote peace. These children, which are innocent, are taking a stand. It is as if, even though they don’t have the wisdom that comes from experience, they can see clearly that it is important to just promote peace.