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Memorial Day

On Memorial day, Peter went to Washington D.C with his host family, Cutillos. He suddenly texted me that night and told me that Mary Cutillo had an interview today on Korean news. I was confused, so I watched the news. The news was about Memorial day in America and how they remembered soldiers in Korea too. They used rhetoric to organize informations and to attract people to visit here.

First, news showed parade on Washington D.C and how people came out for remembrance. A lot of colorful decorations and people wearing costume were on the street to celebrate. Soldiers who fought for America rode tanks and people were welcoming them. By showing cool custom, this appealed attractive for people to come. Second, they were using ethos by interviewing credible people. Mary Cutillo interviewed as a visitor and showed that she has a lot of fun by visiting here on Memorial day.  By showing this, people believe that it would be a lot of fun to come here.News also interviewed instructor of this parade and give reasons why they included Koreans customs more on parade this year. Third, the speaker explained the happenings in organized way supporting with pictures. He spoke logically in order for people to understand what is going on here and reasons why they do this.

Overall, this news is effective. It showed the parade and custom in America well in order for Koreans to understand. They used images well based on their informations and what they wanted to say. However, as the Postman said on Amusing Ourselves to Death, this news only carried only basic informations about memorial day and they only focused on images. This is only 2 minutes long which is definitely too short for more details. This still could be attractive for some Koreans to visit here. I would be interested to visit Washington D.C on Memorial day next year.

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  1. LexieOctober 5, 2016 at 5:15 PM

    I think it was wise of the media to show Koreans in D.C. during Memorial Day and the fact that they also honor Koreans. I believe that will convince more Koreans to visit D.C. during Memorial Day, like Jin said.

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  2. DarcyOctober 6, 2016 at 8:20 PM

    It was really cool that Mrs. Cutillo was part of the news that you chose because we all know who she is. It is awesome how they were including Koreans into the parade and the celebration of memorial day because it is awesome to see cultures share something so meaningful and also, like Jin said, it will attract more Korean people to go to Washington D.C. to celebrate memorial day. I think JIn did a great job!

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  3. claireOctober 20, 2016 at 4:57 PM

    I'm impressed that they were incorporating Koreans into this celebration and day. A lot of people are not open to change and diversity and I believe that this is a great step in the right direction. I also think its amazing that Mrs. Cutillo was on the news there, what are the odds of that!

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