The Last Supper Blogpost

Of the two visual rhetoric presentations, I believe "The Last Meal Project" to have more substance to it. The author's main point was "document the face and last meal of a convicted killer and is without question, honest and true." Henry Hargreaves' document displayed the meal the accused had for their last meal, told how they were executed, and why they were executed. "The Last Meal Project" had blood-like words and and a picture of the convicted, both giving a sinister element to the project. This sinister element was able to show that these individuals were "honest and true" killers.
Hargreaves' said that researching and putting together the presentation made it feel like he knew the convicted through their last meal. When i went through the slideshow, it wasn't personal for me nor did i identify with them. I think if Hargreaves put pictures of the convicted and their families (or some other heart-warming element) next to the last meal (or even threw out the last meal picture) then I, the reader, could have identified. Better yet, having a picture of the convicted eating their last meal would have caused an immediate identification. The individual would have displayed fear, happiness, content, or any other array of emotions someone would feel while eating their last meal before they're executed.
"The Last Meal Project" also posed the question "how is society really served by the death penalty?" Throughout the slide show, random facts would come up like "hey, reader, did you know this?" These facts were the answer to his previous question.
Overall, "The Last Meal Project" had more visual rhetoric's and was constructed better. But, I feel if Hargreave's changed the point his was trying to make or even changed the materials he used, then his presentation would have been better. The blood red words, the old black and white photos of the convicts, the crumpled ripped paper with the "stats" illustrated the points "The Last Meal Project" stated to the reader.