Rhetorical Analysis Formal Proposal
The topic that I want to analyze is about the protest happened in Hong Kong recently. At first, I didn’t care too much about this protest when my iphone news app reminded me of this. The reason that I finally raised my interest in it was a message that one of my friends posted on WeChat (one of Chinese social APP ). She asked what happened in Hong Kong because the main land of China totally blocked the news. So I went through BBC, CNN and China daily, and I found totally different reflections on this event. On BBC and CNN, they posted the whole process of the protest quite objectively I think. But on China daily, the report was short and without pictures or video. It described the situation as if it was just a normal campaign and it was no big deal. And after that, I found a report on New York Times directly pointed out that Beijing blocked the reports on Hong Kong Democracy Movement. This upsets me actually. I kind of understand why Beijing blocks the reports. I can’t blame my country but I also feel sad about it. China needs stability, and although recently years have seen tremendous progress on democratic expression among the public, especially on the Internet, China still block some sensitive area of expression. And the media still cannot get rid of the control of the so-called “mainstream”. I may not choose China daily’s report as one of my sources because it was really short and full of official tone. I may choose the report on CNN and New York Times. The question I want to ask is about the content of my rhetorical analysis. I am still confused about the content that I am going to analyze. To analysis a rhetoric, does it mean that I may analyze the rhetorical situation, the purpose, the audience, the ethos, the pathos, the logos of it? Because I think if I only analyze these things without my own opinion, it would be hard for me to reach 2000 words. Also, I really want to add the report from China daily so that I think with three reports, I can express all my thoughts on this protest event. (And to be honest, I also want to preserve the BBC one. Or maybe Lisa, you can choose two of them for me.)
CNN: Hong Kong ‘Occupy’ activist digs in for the long-run: ‘It is a war,’ not a battle
New York Times: Beijing Blocks Reports on Hong Kong Democracy Movement
China daily: Illegal assembly in Hong Kong leads to clashes
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-09/29/content_18678604.htm
BBC: Why is Hong Kong Protesting?
http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2014/09/29/hong-kong-occupy-activist-digs-in-for-the-long-run-it-is-a-war-not-a-battle/?iref=allsearch
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