A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Lunch Date

Zachary Gosnell

Professor Lisa Clark

Interpersonal Communication SC155

27 September 2017

My Perspectives on The Lunch Date As I watched The Lunch Date I started to form many different impressions of the woman. In the beginning of the film it showed many homeless people in the station which she noticeably ignores them. When the woman is walking through the station, my impression formation theory, of her was that she was upper-class clue to her well-groomed appearance and her elegant attire. As she is walking thru the station she looked to be uncomfortable, perhaps afraid as she was making herself aware of her surroundings. I felt this was an environment that was all new to her. Her selective perception had her very observant. The primacy effect of

While the woman is walking in the station a well-cleaned black man bumps into her, causing her purse to fall to the ground. The contence of her purse spills out onto the ground. She kneels on the floor to retrieve the contence of her purse. The well-cleaned man tries to help her retrieve her items, she speaks sharply at him. “You’re making me miss my train.” (Davidson 1989). She shoves the content back into her purse, and runs to the train. It is obvious she missed her train. Standing on the platform she looks nervous and unconfutable being in the station alone. I felt like there are social issues in the film, because the man who runs into her and causes her purse to fall is black. He is well-dressed and only wants to help her. Her reaction to him wanting to help her is that he wants to steal from her. Next, she realizes that her wallet is missing and she decides to go to the dinner where she buys a salad with her spare change. She takes her salad and bags to a booth where she, when she realizes that she forgot