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Effects of Dumping Plastics in the Sea On Aquatic Life

Animals need to be treated similar to humans. Watching the video on how sea turtles get treated, one gets a very different picture how pollution is affecting the aquatic life. Pollution is majorly done by humans especially through disposing plastics everywhere. The video explores ethos pathos and logos to appeal to the audience how harmful it is to dump plastics in the sea. The video on sea turtles in the ocean is effective for using ethos, pathos and logos to convince the viewers that a lot has to be done on water pollution since it ends up affecting animals in the sea to an extent that the sea turtle can’t breathe.

First, the key audience is the humans who use plastics and dump them in the sea. Plastics are not biodegradable thus the best way to get rid of them is to clean them, recycle, and reuse instead of disposing such wastes in the oceans and lakes. The key subject is on effects of pollution and the argument is that dumping wastes in the ocean affects the living organisms. The author is correct since many animals and plants in the sea die daily because of the effects that water pollutants have on them (Kühn, Elisa, and Jan 94). The video explores how hard it was for the turtle to breath because of human negligence. This video shows you to be more open minded and helps you realize that sea turtles are becoming extinct.

The speaker of the video is LAD Bible: Trash Isles. LAD Bible is a social media and entertainment social publisher based in London and Manchester, UK. The trash isles are a group that was formed to campaign and empower young people to make the United Nations acknowledge the plastic in our oceans as a country, in order to ensure that the issue is addressed around the world. Human beings are the ones who caused this to happen. If we don’t change how we treat the environment, more mammals will soon become extinct as well. There are so many things that the video can tell besides the effects of pollutions.

It is a short video but it has ethos in it. First, it is ethical for the humans to help the turtle breath again. Despite there being those polluting the environments, there are the good humans who would not want to see animals die. The video was taken to convince us humans that a lot has to be done on pollution. Further, the authors and editors of the video are ethical enough to write to the viewer what is happening showing how crucial pollution can affect the environment.

Pathological appeal is also all over in the video. Perhaps, the author took the video to ensure that everyone sees the facial expressions on the turtle’s face. The turtle expresses pain just like a human being would, which is so sad. Who would want to watch his or her pet drown in such pain because of human negligence? Human beings want a safe breathing environment but cannot provide one to the sea animals (Corcoran, Mark and Meriem 81). The straw almost killed the turtle as it became very difficult for it to breathe. Indeed, if one watches this video for the first time, it expresses so much pain in it which is alarming and calling for humans to end pollution.

Also, there is a logical appeal in the subtitles/ writings provided in the video. It is logical to get a sample of something before treatment. That is what the ‘life savers’ did to the turtle. They did sample out the thin (straw) to determine what it is before going ahead and removing the whole of it. It is also logical for the author to write on the video that every plastic or waste disposed in water endangers lives and could mean life and death for marine animals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=vJmi_gwziy4). Pollution creates an unsafe environment for all living organisms.

Through the use of a sad and persuasive tone, the author manages to send his intended message to the audience. The author’s attitude towards the audience is both encouraging and concerned because they are showing us what happens to turtles when people throw the straws into the sea but also encourages us and wants us to do something about the issue. The author is concerned of what will happen to other aquatic lives and that is why the video was uploaded for human beings to see the pain animals go through as a result of pollution. The turtle is one among the many animals whose health is compromised due to human negligence. Uploading the video, persuades and pleads with humans to stop water pollution since it is dangerous. Perhaps many animals have died because there was no one to save them. The turtle is a lucky one.

Conclusively, the author of the video was successful in trying to convince humans that pollution is causing harm to the environment and in turn affecting living beings. Through the use of rhetorical devices, the author manages to share the intended message about pollution. It is the hope of all environmentalists that one day everyone on earth will use biodegradable materials, recycle waste products and dispose of waste at the right places.

Works Cited

Corcoran, Patricia L., Mark C. Biesinger, and Meriem Grifi. “Plastics and beaches: a degrading relationship.” Marine Pollution Bulletin 58.1 (2009): 80-84.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=vJmi_gwziy4Kühn, Susanne, Elisa L. Bravo Rebolledo, and Jan A. van Franeker. “Deleterious effects of litter on marine life.” Marine anthropogenic litter. Springer, Cham, 2015. 75-116.