As you can see in the lower left hand corner of the image, this is a picture from halloween 2006 of my stepbrothers and I sitting right inside our front door getting ready to go out and collect our insane amount of sugary goods, the leftovers of which that will end up sitting in the cupboard for months before getting thrown away.
I always thought this was a pretty good picture but I have the feeling that I will never look at it the same, and probably not like it as much, after analyzing it for rhetoric. Well first of all, our costumes make the argument that it is cold out as we are all wearing a sweatshirt under our outfits and Drew, left, is wearing gloves. Me, middle, and Ty, left, are dressed up as football players which makes the argument that we like football and dream of being football players. I guess some would argue that football players aren't frightening, but I would beg to differ after playing and watching the game for eight years and more that there are.
You could also say that by dressing up as football players Ty and I are arguing that we play football, but actually only I do. Ty would play football but he can't because he has hemophilia, a blood disease that I am not going to go into at this time. Our costumes make the argument that we are tough and ferocious, a good portrayal for two kids trying to harvest as much candy as possible from strangers.
Now Drew on the other hand is dressed up as a ninja which makes the argument that he is quick, speedy, small, and tough. The first three of those are true but he was also seven years old at the time so we can give him a break.
By looking at this picture you can see how even costumes thrown together the day of halloween can have rhetoric and make an argument if you take the time to search for hidden meaning and pick out the details. Now i'm probably going to end up doing that for my costume this year too...
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