H20 Realization

The article "Water Wars: Bottling up the World's Supply of H20", is about how tap water is proven healthier and more enviornmentally sound then bottled water. The idea behind the analysis is to get the globe aware of the true facts of bottled water.

"Water Wars: Bottling Up the World's Supply of H20" was written by Joshua Ortega in The Seattle Times on March 21, 2005. The writers goal was to get the American audience aware of the true meaning of bottled water and encouraging all those to participate in helping fix the problem.

1. Overstatement: Taking away your water is the same thing as putting a gun to your head.

This appeals to pathos because its working with the audience emotions to try to over due the idea of taking water away. Giving such a death threatening statement as a gun to the head brings off the idea that taking away water is suicidal.

2. Connotation: However, bottled water is ultimately a band-aid solution. This sentence appeals to ethos. It gives off a voice of opinion by the writer that gives the analysis character. Giving a simple solution such as a band-aid to a small cut shows that bottled water is not a strong solution to having clean water, but more of a quick idea thrown together to look like something is being done to stop water from being polluted.

3. Simile: The evidence is as clear as the plastic it's in- bottled water, compared to good tap water, is not worth the costs, whether they be environmental, health-related or economic. This article appeals to pathos. Again the writer shows how simple a solution to polluted water is to the audience, With simple examples such as this simile, he tries to show the audience that with there help they can actually do something about bottled water.

4. Allusion: This brings ethos into the picture. It's ethos because it builds your credibility by fact.  An energy crisis was bad enough- just imagine if the Enron scenario happened with water. The writer refers to an older crisis to have the audience relate to the harshness of the energy crisis. By bring up past events, individuals are able to relate better to the seriousness of the task at hand.

5. Allusion: When the French privatized there water services, there customer rates went up 150% within a few years. This also appeals to ethos because it talks about previous history facts giving the writer credibility that he knows what he is talking about.

6. Imagery; History is rife with conflicts over one party or another's control of unlimited resource. This sentence is logos. It paints a mental picture of parties fighting over a limited resource such as water. Bringing the picture of war and conflict brings worried feelings to audiences, giving them a sense of responsibility.