There's a Time and Place for Everything

The video that I watched was called Hung Over and was a video for a previous English 103 assignment. The video was based on the negative effects on drinking or partying the day before a test. For the video, the group made it comical/satirical which is a strong rhetorical strategy. The target audience for the video is college students so a satirical video would be appropriate. The basis for the video was the movie The Hangover and from that the group made a spoof of the movie related to college life. They attended a “Fraternity Party” that night and because of that they became intoxicated with alcohol which led to a hangover the next morning. Although one student resisted because he had a test the next day, he was convinced by his fellow students in to attending the party and becoming intoxicated. This could argue the fact that peer pressure has a large impact on college students as well. Because of the party and the alcohol, they were unable to find their friend who had a test the next day. Although eventually finding him and sparing 5 minutes before the test he ultimately did not do well on the test and this directly resulted from the party and peer pressure. The amount of alcohol consumed also played a part in the situation because if a minimal amount of alcohol was consumed then he wouldn’t have had such a bad hangover and would’ve had time to study before the test. Although this may be part of the argument the main argument is that there’s a time and place for everything. It’s ok to have fun sometimes but when crunch time for a test comes, you need to buckle down, study, and go out later. The video proved this very effectively by showing the negative consequences of what would happen when you don’t manage your time wisely and realize there’s a time and place for everything.