The Project Statement
1. Background
The Military has recently
received a backlash from the incident of the Marines urinating on Taliban
corpses. Some of the public was
outraged and some were supportive.
But the majority felt it was too far past the line of dignity. The author writes about an interview he
had with a Vietnam Veteran. He
does not condone what the Marines did, but holds no judgment. He explains how
those who go to war experience things normal people do not have to and it
changes a person.
2. Target Audiences
There are two separate audiences
for this article: Military personnel and nonmilitary personnel. Military are a secondary audience as
they already understand what the author is explaining. They are an audience who will read it
to appreciate it. The primary
audience is those who have judged the Marines who urinated on the Taliban
corpses.
3. Objectives
The audience should feel
darkness and madness when looking at the illustration. They should understand what the article
is saying about how war creates a madness in a person. It changes a person. They should understand how a normal
rational person in a civilian setting would never dream of doing such
atrocities that have been committed by Soldiers against their enemies. And how a normal rational person does
not exist after going through war.
They will feel the emotional darkness from the image and they will
develop empathy for the Military.
4. Obstacles
Civilians who have not been to
war, cannot understand the pressure or the conditions of war. They can only understand how a rational
person in a peaceful setting should act.
An obstacle is those who are not able to empathize with the Military. Obstacles are those who are not open to
the idea of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
5. Key Benefit
The audience can have a better
piece of mind. When crazy,
undignified things happen, people can become hopeless about the future. People want explanations for things. This article and image can give a
little insight to the mind of a warrior.
6. Support Statements/ Reasons Why
Ignorance is not always
bliss. Ignorance can set
boundaries, stereotypes and judgment.
By having a little more insight into the mind of a Soldier, the reader
can break down the walls and step away from judgment.
7. Tone
The tone should be dark, somber,
maddening.
8. Media
This is an editorial in the newspaper, online and print.
9. Creative Considerations none
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