(MIP) This meme’s main message is that if no one remembers you, no one will know that you existed.
(SIP1) The meme’s goal is to incite you to remember about everything, from the real history, to those who have passed, which is important in a society where people forget about deaths as soon as they happen.
(STEWE1A) One night when Montag and Mildred are talking, Mildred remembers something quite important. “McClellan. McClellan. Run over by a car. Four days ago. I’m not sure. But I think she’s dead. The family moved out anyway. I don’t know. But I think she’s dead”(Bradbury, 44) she says. This is important as Mildred is the best example of an ideal woman in this society, and her forgetting about Clarisse’s death, shows that this is normal and common thing in the society, which is…show more content… (STEWE1A) Accordingly, logos, or logic, is used to convey its message. In this meme, the logic is that you might as well be non-existent if no one remembers you when you are gone, since there is no one to remember that you lived once upon a time. Additionally, this logic is backed mentally by the viewer because of the known fact that these people themselves forget the dead. This makes the viewer realize that they won’t be commemorated either.
(STEWE1B) Furthermore, this society is narcissistic, from the little child in the parlor, to the old woman in another. Because of this, not being remembered causes a phobia. This is the pathos element of the meme, where their fear is being used to call them to action.
(SIP2) However, the meme does not only use modes to persuade the viewer, the meme also uses the appeal to emotion (a fallacy- or a type of a misleading argument) to convince the viewer.
(STEWE2A) The picture of a small pile of dust is also used to arouse emotion. By insinuating that all that will be left of you is just a pile of ashes, not even a small memory, a bit of unease is
