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passage to africa question 5 - Coggle Diagram
passage to africa question 5
perspective
journalist, foreign correspondent
purpose is to inform, and explain human suffering. an emotive topic which compels people to read
1st person - personal engagement but also objective due to purpose
uses first person singular pronoun 'I' and sometimes first person collective pronoun 'we' as journalists in general
journalist has a duty to report truthfully and reliability
horror and human suffering of people in the war
graphic imagery counterbalances his more objective tone on the pain that is physically felt
more scientific language
opening conveys the extent of the suffering
feels pity and sympathy for the people he sees
mixed feeling
impressed by their dignity
uses graphic imagery to convey his revulsion
Alagiah's idea of the relationship between journalists and subject changes throughout the text.
At the start, he is very confident and certain in his role, using quantifiable language which establish his initial attitude.
uses the metaphor of the journalists 'on the hunt'
suggests they are the hunters and their subjects are the hunted
balanced sentences reinforce the writers initial view that there is a very acknowledged, structured relationships between the journalist and the subject
interrogatives are used to help convey Alagiah's changing ideas about this relationship
the declarative sentence 'It touched me in a way I couldn't explain' highlights the idea that it is unmeasurable
by the end of the extract, the writer's idea about the relationship between the journalist has been changed
now much more fluid relationship, without the divide between journalists and subjects, that he primarily believed existed
view revised and man goes from 'one face' to 'that face' to 'the face' to 'my nameless friend'