John Q

One scene that stood out to me in the movie was when the parents met with the doctors to discuss what Mike Archibald had in terms of choices to save his life. The rhetorical term that was used in this scene was logos. This was because Rebecca Payne was discussing how Mike needed a heart transplant and needed another heart because his was too weak. Logos was used because she constantly used facts and statistics on how much it costs, the likelihood of getting an organ, and the large amount of individuals that were ahead of them on the organ receiver list. She was not emotional at all and didn't realize that the parents were suffering and she was simply throwing out facts.

MLA citations

1. Kreiner, David. "The Illusion of Control in a Virtual Reality Settting." North AMerican Journal of Psychology. 12.3 (2010) n.pag. EBSCO. Web. 1 March, 2011.

2. Depla, Marja, Have, Margreet, Balkom, Anton and Ron Graaf. "Specific fears and phobias in the general population: Results from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study." Soc. Pssychiatry Epidemiol. 43: 200-208. EBSCO. Web. 1 March, 2011.