Persuasive Essay On Chocolate Milk

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The “got chocolate milk?” advertisement sponsored by the American Dairy Farmers which appears in Time magazine claims that chocolate milk should be the official drink of Halloween. This advertisement was published on November 7th, 2013. By using The Peanuts, a classic children’s show, the advertisement portrays that chocolate milk is a healthy drink, that should be the official drink of Halloween. This advertisement is a cartoon including well known Peanuts characters including: Snoopy, Linus, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Woodstock, and Sally. These characters are dressed in Halloween costumes and are holding brown containers in their hands. All of the characters have smiles on their faces and they are hold the containers up in a sort of celebratory manner. There is a small paragraph at the bottom of the advertisement and the very recognisable stamp of “got milk?”. It is obviously Halloween in this advertisement because of the jack o'lanterns at the bottom left and right of the advertisement. The audience of the advertisement is parents of the children that participate in Halloween festivities. In the advertisement the first sentence is “your trick, their treat,” this is targeting people that are supplying food and drinks to children for Halloween, these people are usually parents of said children. By using characters from the famous Peanuts …show more content…

Child obesity is a growing problem in this nation and Halloween accepts it with open arms. Halloween is a holiday, that a large part of the celebration is giving out sweets out to small children. By introducing chocolate milk as a tasty and healthier drink, rather than another sugar filled, carbonated drink this advertisement successfully portrays chocolate milk as a fun and “delicious” alternative. Many children today are struggling with obesity and action needs to be taken to stop it. By introducing healthy alternatives in fun new ways the advertisements concept is very

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