Rough Draft Essay One

Medicate

 American youtuber, author, actress and singer/songwriter Gabbie Hanna in her song ‘’Medicate’’ (February 1, 2019) addresses the topics of chronic depression and other mental illnesses. She argues that doctors are ‘’killing sadness with science.’’ She supports this claim by stating that doctors don’t disclose the side effects for these heavy drugs and tell their patients ‘just swallow, it will make you feel better.’ But, does it really? Gabbie’s purpose is to show her audience that being depressed or having other illnesses is normal and not feel pressured to take medication. (Medication changes the chemicals in your brain, I guess that is the point.) She adopts an emotional tone with her audience by sharing her own experiences with mental illness. In this essay, I will analyze her use of rhetorical strategies to persuade her audience. Hanna’s background to support that medication is not the only way to fix is your problems, is by sharing her own experiences with mental illness. In her song ‘’Medicate,’’ she says’’   Should I take a pill to numb the pain? Change the chemicals inside my brain, I worry I won’t be the same.’’ She is showing her audience that when herself was going through this, that she was peer pressured into taking the medication and that she was always scared to because she didn’t want to change who she was. Anti- depressant drugs are supposed to change the neurotransmitters in brain to change your emotions and mood. But if that is not how you normally act then what is even the point. She also states in the song over and over again ‘’ can you medicate a broken heart.’’ By saying this she is referring to the fact that being sad or ‘having  American youtuber, author, actress and singer/songwriter Gabbie Hanna in her song ‘’Medicate’’ (February 1, 2019) addresses the topics of chronic depression and other mental illnesses. She argues that doctors are ‘’killing sadness with science.’’ She supports this claim by stating that doctors don’t disclose the side effects for these heavy drugs and tell their patients ‘just swallow, it will make you feel better.’ But, does it really? Gabbie’s purpose is to show her audience that being depressed or having other illnesses is normal and not feel pressured to take medication. (Medication changes the chemicals in your brain, I guess that is the point.) She adopts an emotional tone with her audience by sharing her own experiences with mental illness. In this essay, I will analyze her use of rhetorical strategies to persuade her audience. a broken heart’ can’t be fixed by taking medication, it is all about you and your needs and doing what makes you happy.

Hanna’s use of logic in her song is ‘’ is this the way to fix this or is this a quick fix, I really couldn’t say.’’ She is meaning that medication is meant to help improve your mood, help with concentration and increase your appetite, so by this Gabbie is referring that these medications are a quick fix, it is short term you can’t take anti-depressants forever. If you are truly unhappy, try getting some real help. Hanna talks a lot about mental illness in some of her other songs such as ‘’Butterflies’’ and ‘’Broken Girls,’’ she shows that she has a lot of experience with this and wants to spread a message. In the United States, about fifteen million people are taking medication for mental illness, Hanna wants her audience to know that it is okay to be going through and make whatever you have been through something to actually be proud of, share your wisdom with the world and maybe help someone else. 

Gabbie Hanna’s song ‘’Medicate’’ is full of pathos, that is her main use to persuade her audience. Her lyrics are very meaningful and used to make you feel a certain way about what she is singing about.