Monday, April 20, 2009
REFLECTION ON THE ARTICLE ‘DRUGS OR GUNS’
After read and analyze the article of Drugs or Guns, something like injustice and cruelty did conquer the political control in South Africa. This valiantly can be proven from the article so as to the South Africa government was facing two legal cases. The two cases are the weapon-acquisition deal and making anti retroviral freely available in the country. After been examined, it is clearly shows that the government is bias towards the citizen when it comes to drugs issues where the governments have to spend a lot of money in order to make an anti-retroviral freely. Meanwhile, the government considered more about the weapon deal. This is because the deal allowed them to gain so much benefit when it comes to the collaboration with the bigger country. As mentioned in the article, the government people are involved in corruption, the dirty politics’ money, shows the world what they do. It can be seen that this unwanted action had been done for their own sake only not the citizen. Government’s responsibility is nowhere if it is still lead by the particular person or individual. The South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki surely became the worst example for the other countries’ leader. At the same time, all of his true action and bad behavior had affected the clean reputation of the majority of worlds’ important leader. At last, citizen needs to be the final victim. They have to accept the thing that they don’t deserve.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
READING 7.1- ‘Dieting: a waist is a terrible thing to mind’
1. Topic
The article focuses on the dieting issue as the main subject of the discussion.
2. Content
The article covers a large scope of the hot potato among women, which is the trend of weight control. The issues very close to physical and mental health in addition to the role played by the weight loss products provider. The writer also includes newest information based on the recent research of weight loss.
3. Source
The article comes from ‘What you can change and what you can’t’ in The complete guide to self-improvement, by Martin Seligman.
4. Audience
The article is written for people who feel they are suffering from some particular problem relating to social or medical insufficiency or bad conditions that affect their life.
5. The rhetorical functions
The article is designed to inform people about how danger that the weight loss programs that is available nowadays. In spite of the danger, the weight loss programs also full of pitfalls that always hiding from the eye of the weight loss users. Besides, the article give warning to the readers to avoid them from easily believe in the claims that made by the product providers and to reassure them that their current weight is already good enough.
6. Purpose
The article aims to inform, warn and reassure the readers who are really concern about the weight to slow down their action in purchasing the expensive weight loss product. Furthermore, the article aims to make the people feel comfortable and satisfied with their current weight.
7. Perspective
The writer supports his argument by highly criticize both commercial weight loss products and any other weight loss programs. He argues that weight loss products does not work that much and never give satisfaction to the users.
8. Positioning
The article describes weight loss as only a commercial strategy for the providers to gain much more profit rather than give the kindest benefits to its users.
9. Impact
The effect on readers is likely to be broke the myths of ideal weight that is typically manipulate the people’s mind. To have and appreciate the recent weight is the best solution to live life happily.
10. Visual literacy
The visual aspects of the text are significant because the title did its work by obviously stating that diet is such the worst thing that should be totally vanished from people’s mind.
The article focuses on the dieting issue as the main subject of the discussion.
2. Content
The article covers a large scope of the hot potato among women, which is the trend of weight control. The issues very close to physical and mental health in addition to the role played by the weight loss products provider. The writer also includes newest information based on the recent research of weight loss.
3. Source
The article comes from ‘What you can change and what you can’t’ in The complete guide to self-improvement, by Martin Seligman.
4. Audience
The article is written for people who feel they are suffering from some particular problem relating to social or medical insufficiency or bad conditions that affect their life.
5. The rhetorical functions
The article is designed to inform people about how danger that the weight loss programs that is available nowadays. In spite of the danger, the weight loss programs also full of pitfalls that always hiding from the eye of the weight loss users. Besides, the article give warning to the readers to avoid them from easily believe in the claims that made by the product providers and to reassure them that their current weight is already good enough.
6. Purpose
The article aims to inform, warn and reassure the readers who are really concern about the weight to slow down their action in purchasing the expensive weight loss product. Furthermore, the article aims to make the people feel comfortable and satisfied with their current weight.
7. Perspective
The writer supports his argument by highly criticize both commercial weight loss products and any other weight loss programs. He argues that weight loss products does not work that much and never give satisfaction to the users.
8. Positioning
The article describes weight loss as only a commercial strategy for the providers to gain much more profit rather than give the kindest benefits to its users.
9. Impact
The effect on readers is likely to be broke the myths of ideal weight that is typically manipulate the people’s mind. To have and appreciate the recent weight is the best solution to live life happily.
10. Visual literacy
The visual aspects of the text are significant because the title did its work by obviously stating that diet is such the worst thing that should be totally vanished from people’s mind.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
READING 6.1- ‘Invasion of the Baby Snatchers’
1. Topic
The article focuses on Kidnapping Child and isolated cases that had been increased tremendously and also involved the media participation.
2. Content
The article covers about the cases of child abductions that becoming serious. Some children that missing had been found when there’s publicity by media but some are not. But there also many neglected children cases that had been ignored and also do not have much coverage by the media.
3. Source
The article comes from the ‘TIME’ magazine on 26 August 2002, page 40, by Walter Kirn.
4. Audience
The article is written for public, parents and also media related people. This issue should be taken as a serious problem by public especially parents in order to make sure their children’s safety. Alongside, for media people is to make them alert with the neglected children cases.
5. The rhetorical functions
The article is designed to persuade, educate and warn the reader.
6. Purpose
The article aims to persuade the public that there are still many children out there who cannot be found, also to educate and warn parents about the abductions children. It is clear when the writer give an examples about the first case of kidnapping and murder of Danielle Van Dan in San Diego and the disappearance of Elizabeth Smart in Utah. For media people, to make them concern about the children that already ‘lost’ given it as important case too.
7. Perspective
The writer’s argument is condemning the media because they ignore the neglected issue, just focus on abductions children issue.
8. Positioning
The article describes the child of abductions are real unfortunate children after they have been killed by a cruel man.
9. Impact
The effect on readers is likely making the reader think twice about the issues that had been discussed in the article especially the hidden issues which is the neglected child. Everyone is busy talking about kidnapping child, child abduction but we are ignoring children that already ‘lost’.
10. Visual literacy
The visual aspects of the text are significant because the picture that the writer uses is clear and huge. The picture can make the reader wandering and its can attract the reader to read the article.
The article focuses on Kidnapping Child and isolated cases that had been increased tremendously and also involved the media participation.
2. Content
The article covers about the cases of child abductions that becoming serious. Some children that missing had been found when there’s publicity by media but some are not. But there also many neglected children cases that had been ignored and also do not have much coverage by the media.
3. Source
The article comes from the ‘TIME’ magazine on 26 August 2002, page 40, by Walter Kirn.
4. Audience
The article is written for public, parents and also media related people. This issue should be taken as a serious problem by public especially parents in order to make sure their children’s safety. Alongside, for media people is to make them alert with the neglected children cases.
5. The rhetorical functions
The article is designed to persuade, educate and warn the reader.
6. Purpose
The article aims to persuade the public that there are still many children out there who cannot be found, also to educate and warn parents about the abductions children. It is clear when the writer give an examples about the first case of kidnapping and murder of Danielle Van Dan in San Diego and the disappearance of Elizabeth Smart in Utah. For media people, to make them concern about the children that already ‘lost’ given it as important case too.
7. Perspective
The writer’s argument is condemning the media because they ignore the neglected issue, just focus on abductions children issue.
8. Positioning
The article describes the child of abductions are real unfortunate children after they have been killed by a cruel man.
9. Impact
The effect on readers is likely making the reader think twice about the issues that had been discussed in the article especially the hidden issues which is the neglected child. Everyone is busy talking about kidnapping child, child abduction but we are ignoring children that already ‘lost’.
10. Visual literacy
The visual aspects of the text are significant because the picture that the writer uses is clear and huge. The picture can make the reader wandering and its can attract the reader to read the article.
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