Hub Pages Rhetorical Analysis

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In their article, “Hub Pages” (a blog post website) uses the baby with various corporations’ logo in its body to argue their point using the visual. Hub Pages discuss the effects of the development of the corporate culture on society. Hub Pages argues that the corporations of the current times are not just simply businesses, they are power houses that have control over our lives in many ways. The picture of the baby with the logo of the corporations is a visual argument that supports the argument presented by the Hub Pages in words. The various features of the image like complete black back ground, company logos on a human body and the smiling innocent baby in the image through the use of symbolism, contrast and irony present the idea of
In the current day and age almost all the corporations have their unique logos. Various corporations use their logos to represent their brands. For instance the Toyota Company’s logo
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The power of corporations being debated widely across many serious platform such as political debates tell us that corporate power is a serious issue with far reaching effects in the society. The innocent baby smiling with all the logos in its body seems a little comical, in contrast the completely dark background of the image sets a serious notion. The presence of the innocent smiling baby and the dark background is there to make it seem that the consumers are unaware of the evil corporations influencing their lives. Just like the color blue symbolizes calmness and the white color symbolizes purity, the darkness universally symbolizes evil and negativity. While the complete dark background might seem like an accident, it is there to point out the seriousness of the whole situation. The smiling baby being the focus of the image with a complete space as a background presents an argument that the innocent consumers are being trapped by the the evil