During the 1970s in Oman, women had little to no rights. In the book, “Woman in Oman” by Unni Wikan, talks about what women in Oman were like. But not just that, but also what they went through during this time. Above I had created a meme. With this meme, I intended to show that Oman women did not have those natural human rights. Because of what the challenges the country was going through, such as the employment, poverty, and their access to natural resources, there was a possibility those women would get the rights they wanted and needed. So, this meme is aimed for audience of young adult to older adult women.
When making this meme, there was a lot to consider. Such as my argument about women’s rights in Oman. I chose this as my argument because I felt that when talking about Oman women, their rights during this period was important. And I’ve learned that if women were to start taking part in the country’s decisions, women do want to make sure they keep their culture and traditions alive. They do so by wearing a burqa, which is a face mask that they chose to wear. But there is a chance that they could be forced to be worn by other household members. So therefore, I found it interesting and important to argue about something that is just as important as the problems in the country. There was also the type of audience that I had to consider. I chose women from young adults and up because I felt that as a woman, reading about women in the past and the struggles they overcame, can be motivating and empowering. Using considerations such as the ones above helped me decide that I wanted to make a meme. I chose a meme as my genre because I felt that it was the right choice to get my argument across to my intended audience, that it would be something that they would understand. They would understand it because I see it as something that would instantly click into their minds when they read it. If an audience of children, it would take some time to realize what I have done with the meme, and most likely won’t find some humor in it as older people may do. Doing a meme gave me an opportunity to spice it up a bit, to give it a slight humor.
When creating my text, I incorporated two different rhetorical strategies. One strategy used is a metaphor. Metaphors are used to compare two unlike things. In my text I compared the husband’s anger to something boiling, meaning the husband was incredibly angry. The second strategy used is satire, somewhat. I say somewhat because I used humor when saying “Oman” when I meant it to be read as “oh man,” which to me I find that a bit humorous. I used these strategies to show my purpose of showing that men had more rights than women and can cause them to be restricted from doing many things. Not only that, but they helped me include a sense of pathos to make it appealing to my intended audience. It helped to create a better understanding for the audience as it could be something they could relate to. Such as if something happens at home, plans do tend to change causing them to cancel any plans, leaving the other person feeling a little down. For my meme, I used more of written rhetorical strategies rather than visual because with my argument, I felt that it would be better to include something a little more written for the meme to make sense to the audience.
Overall, I was able to use rhetorical strategies and pathos to develop a meme that my intended audience of younger to older adult women can comprehend about the argument given. I think it gives a broad statement, that the audience could think deeper into. Through my created meme, I appeal to pathos by using my choice of words to make the audience feel happiness, even might laugh a little. Or it could be something the audience has related to, whether it’s something that happened to them or something similar. In conclusion, the meme created was aimed at the right audience with meaning behind it.
