Where Have You Gone Charming Billy?

Tim O'Brien makes readers feel sympathetic towards PFC Paul Berlin by creating a sorrowful mood through his diction and setting. The setting takes place at night in a rice paddy possibly in Vietnam during the war. O'Brien uses words such as "shadows", "vanishing", "dark", "eyes closed" and "war" to paint this dark, tense aura. This aura in turn makes the readers feel sorry for PFC Paul Berlin, as he is stuck in a place that seems so dreadful. The soldiers seemed almost forced to complete their tasks. Words like "single file", "stopping" ,"kneeling", each show the difficulty of the job.   The author has decided to make the setting and mood sorrowful to invoke this emotion of pity on PFC Paul Berlin. He does so perfectly by choosing words that have a negative connotation to them, like "war" and "shadows". War is always associated with violence and many would be afraid if put into the situation of war. Also, shadows are very mysterious and once again, can invoke fear in someone as they are very dark and are always associated with the unknown. The diction combined with the story told and setting make the readers feel sorry for PFC Paul Berlin. He is trapped in war, and often wants to escape as seen through his childhood memories, however, he knows that those memories are all in his head and the war is what is reality. That realization helps to make the sorrowful mood and the readers sympathetic.

50s and 60s Commercials

Country Corn Flakes: 
Ethos: The zoom in on General Mills shows that the corn flakes come from a trusted, reliable brand.
Observational Selection: The commercial points out that the corn flakes don't "wilt in milk", which shows a favorable side to the corn flakes, however it fails to point out that they stick to the roof of your mouth. The commercial focuses only on the positive about the cereal.

Alkaseltzer
Pathos: The shots of all the stomachs make the viewers want the nice stomach once again. After having an upset stomach the viewer would once again want to feel right and good. By showing stomachs that are nice and healthy, the commercial is trying to make the viewers jealous of the stomachs. 
Argument from Omniscience: In the commercial it is said that alkaseltzer  is the best for "any" stomach. However, it is not truly known whether everyone stomach would benefit from it, as every stomach has not been assessed.

Delk
Logos: The commercial uses facts to appeal to the viewers by relying on the facts to be logical reasons to go with Delk. It uses facts such as the price and it only taking six minutes.

Chain Gang

The song Chain Gang is discussing the Civil Rights Movement. The song speaks of the advocates and how hard they work only to be treated with no respect. They work hard to ensure equality but are not rewarded. The line "My, my, my, I work so hard give me water, I'm thirsty." this supports the idea that the advocates are working hard day in and day out and are thirsty for freedom and equality. The song paints a negative connotation towards the chain gang through the use of words such as "frownin" and "moanin". However I believe the song was given a catchy, fun beat and tempo to show that there is hope for a better future. Change is going to come for the better.