Visual Analysis on Newsweek's "Muslim Rage"

            This picture can be interpreted in many different ways.  On the cover, the first visual element was the facial expressions of the crowd.  The man that stood out the most was the one in the back screaming.  He portrayed extreme passion and attracted the reader in the article.  I was contemplating whether he was stabbed in the back or he was screaming out his beliefs.  Another visual element was the different hand positions.  Some individuals were in a fist form and other people were holding a flag.  Another man was gripping the shoulder of the person next to him.

Although this photo demonstrated strong emotions, I was unaware of the event.  The text read, “Muslim Rage,” which I possessed no knowledge of.  The article portrayed a biased nature.  The picture expressed a great amount of negative energy and encouraged hatred towards the Muslim religion.  This picture only showed a few men and not all Muslim followers participate and believe in the outrage.  This article was written by someone who gained first- hand experience.  Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a creditable author and Newsweek is a well-known source, which represented the ethos of this article.  The sub text “How I survived it; How we can end it” provided both ethos and pathos.  This text showed that the author experienced the outrage and developed a solution as well as created a significant emotional appeal.  The audience either put themselves in the Muslims shoes or built hatred on the entire race.  The twitter comments also played a significant role in the responses to the magazine cover.  Several people critiqued the situation and critiqued the Muslim culture.  Some people wrote their deep thoughts of the situation.  The overall opinion was that most Americans and Muslim Americans were humorous but very disrespectful to the Muslim culture.