HEARST&MINDS

I really enjoyed focusing on the documentary Hearts and Minds over these last few weeks. Not only was the change in our class format interesting, but I also liked the movie itself. The style and rhetoric of Hearts and Minds was very overwhelming at first and a bit hard to decipher. But after thinking and discussing the movie, I was able to get a much better grasp on Davis's purpose. Davis was very suscessful in swaying his audience by only showing selective clips. I was very moved by his argument at first, but agreed less and less with the message of the documentary as I became more and more aware of Davis's strategy.

It was also interesting to read everyone elses thoughts. Critiquing wasn't only helpful for our big paper... but it also gave me a even broader view of Hearts and Minds. We haven't discussed the documentary as a class yet, so I definitely learned a lot more from the arguments within the papers I critqued. See you all in class tomorrow!