The purpose of the meme is to convey what stereotypical college life consists of through stills from the Spongebob TV show. The genre conventions it follows are the fact that it uses little to no words and the meaning is explained through the pictures. This meme is considered successful as it properly follows these genre conventions and portrays the meaning to the viewer. The audience is college students and people that are familiar with the Spongebob TV show, and even if someone is not too familiar with the show, if they have experienced college life, they are able to relate. The rhetorical appeals used here are pathos to bring together many college students that have gone through similar experiences. The pictures from top left to bottom right convey the following topics: procrastinating on a paper or homework that is due soon, then in the next picture realizing that you are in college now and money isn't as dispensable as it was before (you still spend it anyways though). The third picture shows the partying life of college, and the fourth shows where you end up after partying and procrastinating- finishing the paper at an ungodly hour and turning it in running on very few hours of sleep.
By: Nathan Warrell and Acadia Bravo
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