"The Procrastinator- A Tale of Impending Doom"

The English 103 video I found on YouTube was called “The Procrastinator- A Tale of Impending Doom”. This video made the argument that procrastination is a bad habit in school. Rather than showing the typical negative outcome that comes from procrastination that leaves the procrastinator with a substandard piece of school work; the video shows a different representation of poor procrastination. The video opens with a project being assigned with the main character keeping a cool attitude towards the assignment. The point of view is focused on this main character that becomes known as the procrastinator. This attitude expressed by the main character appeals to the audience of students who would rather have a chill life not doing work. There is also a second character that takes the role of the other students who do their work before the assignment is almost due. This shows a comparison between procrastinating and not procrastinating. As time goes on, the assignment is due the next day and the procrastinator has done nothing while the other student has already completed the assignment. Logically, this shows the audience that the student who has already completed the assignment is in a better position than the procrastinator. The video takes the situation to the extreme personifying procrastination as a serial killer on the loose. Making procrastination take the form of a serial killer can show the audience that you are just doing yourself wrong by not doing the work. This can appeal to emotion because you don’t want to die just from not completing an assignment. Taking the video to the extreme by having the serial killer attack the student shows how bad procrastination can be and how it will eventually catch up with you in the end. Like the title of the video says, procrastination can lead to your doom in the classroom.