RA: Killer Culture

Rhetorical Analysis: “Killer Culture”

            In the article “Killer Culture”, David Kupelian writes about how the media and our society is corrupted and poisoned the younger generations thus far. This article is directed towards the parents of the children and teens who are being targeted. Kupelian writes in a very bias manner, in a way in such that it only views the negative reasons of how this generation is being brain washed. This audience he is trying to direct this essay to is biased one sided conservatives. Note that, I said conservatives because his beliefs and thoughts are very narrowed in the conservative spectrum.

 

Kupelian writes his essay in a very nonchalant manner.  He attempts to throw in terms to let =audience recognize the current terms and kinds of speech that are so called “hit” these days. He starts off by giving off his own personal example of the problem of that the younger generations are facing and then he leads on to a more academic route. But in some aspects of it, he inputs his own analysis and opinion about this killer culture. His input makes it seems as though this culture is rapidly dying due to the media and all the kids these days are being influenced by like what’s on television. His view makes it seem as though he is very inconsiderate and not really listening what the opposing sides argument has to offer.

Kupelian wants to indulge the reader into what the younger generations are suffering from. He wants to persuade us into believing that all these corporations, media, are influencing every child in a negative way. One example he states is his son. His son was always so young and innocent, but when he met his cousin, he saw his cousin as a cool hip person with a dog necklace around him. Later o, his son wanted the exact same thing and he became furious. After consoling with his son, he made his son realized how ridiculous it was when his son told his dad he never wanted the necklace. This shows how the young kids can be influenced so easily in our society and that the media takes advantage of young innocent minds. Whatever the media portrays as the new trend, many young kids will be influenced by it. Because if one kid has it, other kids want to ‘fit in” and keep up with the latest trends.

In the article “Killer Culture” Kuplian organizes his article by giving out his own person examples and examples throughout the essay to let readers be able to absorb what point he is attempting to make. He constructed his essay first with examples and then right after he adds his own thoughts on it. He views this generation of teens as killer culture, meaning a culture that will die soon because of media influences. His biased views and thoughts are shadowed upon his analysis and as a reader we can clearly see the stance he is coming from. If not, people might take offense to what he writes.