Journal Entry #9

The Land of The Free Image #1

The claim of the visual is that the rule of age to be drafted is 18 years of age, although you have to be 21 to drink alcohol. I believe that the claim that the picture is making is that how is one old enough to put their life on the line for their country, but not old enough to drink alcohol responsibily. The evidence that connects this claim with the image is that there is an image of a thumbs up outlined in green (as in go), and also a gun which represents war outlined in green, and on the other side there are images of a mug of beer, and a thumbs down (both outlined in red, as in stop) which represents that drinking for an 18 year old being is wrong when on the other hand putting their life on the line for the country is right at that age. I believe that if one is legally old enough for war, then they are legally old enough for anything.


The Drink and Drive Image #7

The claim of the visual is that drinking plus driving equals death. The first image in the picture is an image of a bottle which represents drinking alcohol, while the second image in the picture is an image of a car which represents driving (while drinking) while, the third image in the picture is an image of a skull with two bones crossing under it which represents death. The bottle of alcohol plus the image of the car equals the image of the skull (death). I believe that drinking and driving is wrong. So i do agree with this image. Drinking and driving does equal death almost 70% of the time.