Documentary Analysis: Super-Size Me

I chose to watch Super-Size Me, which is a film about McDonalds and how a fast food diet can affect the health of consumers worldwide. In this documentary Morgan Spurlock puts himself at risk by placing himself on a 30-day McDonalds only diet. He was required to follow three rules. The first was that he could only consume products that were sold by McDonalds; the second that if they asked him if he wanted to super-size his meal he had to say yes, and finally he had to eat everything on the menu at least once. This diet proved to be dangerous but he made his point using a lot of ethos, logos, and pathos throughout the documentary. First off let’s start off with pathos also known as the emotional side of persuasion. In the first moments of the film the audience saw picture of his mom, and he said that as a kid his mom always cooked for them and they rarely ever got fast food unless it was a very special occasion. He also used pathos by getting a lot of different points of view on the matter from different citizens, lawmakers, and health professionals. Most agreed that you should control yourself and that the fast food corporations aren’t to blame for people not making the right choices for their health. Throughout the diet he admitted that he felt very sick and sometimes even depressed.
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However, he lost some muscle and muscle weighs more than fat. These tests also showed that his cholesterol, and other levels were getting a lot worse and his risk for heart attack doubled during the length of the experiment. In my opinion, his tests classified as both an ethos and logos factor since they can both be used as both a credible source and as logical evidence since he used multiple doctors. This information is both informative and reasonable since it is understandable that such a high-fat diet could do these things to your