I Want More Time

The commercial that I found inspired me in a multitude of different ways. It’s a moving ad because it mainly uses pathos and appeals to a person’s emotions. The commercial is starts off with a father as the narrator describing his relationship with his son. As the speaker is talking, the audience sees that the relationship between the father and son is not strong. It begins with the father taking the son to school on his first day and simply handing the son his bag without hugging him or reassuring him that everything will be ok like most parents do. Then we move on to the father trying to teach the son how to ride a bike and when the son falls the father simply tells the son to be a man and get up. Later the father and son have diner and are in the car together and in both situations neither of them are talking indicating that the relationship is not a close/open one. Later on, the son is now a teenager and is interested in music and playing the guitar. He witnesses other parents supporting their kids and he feels even more alone. The next scene the son gets into a fight with his father and the father ends up kicking him out of his home. The son and father go on their separate ways and the son eventually becomes famous enough to hold concerts and the father shows his remorse. While the father is thinking about his son in the car, he gets hit by a truck and a flashback of all the scenes are shown except with the being supportive and having a good relationship with his son. This commercial is very thought provoking and can hit home with a lot of people who’ve not only had bad relationships with their parents or children, but with anyone in general. Everyone lives with at least a few regrets and many of us would love to have more time or an opportunity to relive some experiences. The commercial really hit home with me and it used pathos to really capture the audience’s attention.