The image shows an example of someone who has been stripped away of their medals because they have used performance-enhancing drugs to improve their performance in the professional sport. This image of Kelli White, an American sprinter, was stripped away of her medals and had lost her chance of competing at the Athens Olympics in 2004. This image will be useful for my paper because it shows someone who was successful in her professional career, and by her decision to use performance-enhancing drugs, that has lead to a downfall in her career. It supports my argument, showing that there are consequences to using performance-enhancing drugs, whether it be the effects it has on a person's body, or the effects it has on a professional athlete in their career. It also lets teenagers who look up to these athletes see that if they too want to have a career as a professional athlete, that they should steer away from using performance-enhancing drugs because, like the example of Kelli White, they could lose it all. Not only is it cheating the sport, but the person is also cheating themselves by using performance-enhancing drugs.
2 comments:
I think having a picture like this would really help your argument appeal to the whole person. If you included a graph or table with some statistics on steroid use I think that would bring some nice balance to your paper. I like the way you analyzed the image.
This is a very powerful image that uses pathos to draw the audience in. It shows the successful athlete, Kelli White, who has worked so hard, and lost everything because of performance-enhancing drugs. Have you considered including a picture right next to the one in your blog of her being stripped of her medals? Or possible being interviewed about her problems and looking really upset? I think this is a good picture but maybe consider including pictures showing the actual incident.
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