PROFILE IN COURAGE (EXPOSITORY)

When I heard the title murder ball, I thought that the film was going to be about a game of ball that resulted in serious injuries for the players. The title creates cognitive dissonance because the word murder and ball  don't really fit together. At the beginning, the images of a man getting dressed by himself even though he was in a wheelchair got me to sympathize with him. I didn't know his story but by showing that scene, the pathos strategy overpower me and I couldn't help but feel sympathy for him. Another way the filmed used pathos to get me to engage with the film was through the music.