Commentary on a Newspaper Article by Russel Brand

The English society today is affected by big favorable differences, which results in a in truth sharp and clearly defined divided class society, where social mobility is not precise easy ore scour almost not existing. The lower range hirent got a outrank to fit in, and many childlikesters from these social lower classes, young heap with no education, young people with bad family backgrounds, often feel out of the familiarity, they be not getting any recognition and the politicians have ignored them and the fact of it way too longIn an phrase published on The guardians website in august 2011, the author Russell check pin down some(a) of these conflicts and line of works. The author is more explicitly commenting on the riots that happened last year in England. The articles receiver could be noetic people, people who have an interest in politics and in society, certainly the working-class, also students as elders, the article is mainly directed to leftist, as the guardi an is a traditional left- winged newspaper and the paper groundwork in opposition to the ruling government.Inasmuch the article is a website article, the audience properly is a bit broader than its characterless audience is, also assuming readers from the rectify- wing would have an interest in reading the article, they may even get into a debate on the internet side, fighting and arguing for their point of view. The article very much invites the readers to an open debate. In this next part, I am going to comment and analyze Russel targets commentary, and I am going to comment on his piece of writing style and his attitude to the render. The article written by Brands, is as I have mentioned, a comment on the Riots of 2011 that took place last year in England.Brand points out that the riots says more to the highest degree the societys nail down than any other thing and that the government should do something about the problem, instead of c wholeing the actions egoistic frame work gains. He does not think that these young people are mindless as everybody, inclusive the politicians, are c anying them. Brand considers the problem much deeper and declares that the government is marginalizing the young people, and says that we ought to ask wherefore the government sweeps the problem outside under the carpeting.He declares that these young people dont have a sufficient community because the politicians havent been given them one and he claims the problem is a consequence of the cautious politics which the government has been carried out the last decades These young people have no sense of community because they havent been given one. They have no stake in society because Camerons mentor Margaret Thatcher told us theres no such thing. All of these very strong points and opinions are of cause wrapped up in a very well written commentary.Brand starts the whole article telling his reader why he should not comment on this case at all, and by doing this, he h as pre-empted and prevented that this kind of criticism would come his way. His reasons why he shouldnt write about the topic in the first place, are very wild which makes it very comically, and at the same time it gives him some kind of credibility cause the reader feels well-off when a writer dares to look critical at them self and especially when they are also, like Brand, knows how to chat a secure portion of self-irony .Brands writing style is very fluent, he clear uses humor as a very well working poetical- device, such as sarcasm and irony. It makes the schoolbookual matter much lighter and much more consumable, even though the topic is a tough one. He has a special talent of setting up scenes in his readers mind, which also makes the text very alive. The texts composition has kind of the same setup as a standup frivolity show, and Brand sets up several scenarios and merges them well together, connecting the dots all the way through the article with just the right fl ow.He tells about some personal happenings, which he makes a point with, again with a good portion of self-irony, for example, when he tells his audience about his own rebellion time, and and so connects it to todays youngsters and compares the deuce episodes to make his point. He uses a great deal of sarcasm, an example for his sarcasm is, the part he writes about, that some may say the real victim is the conservative politician, that had to shorten her holidays and then came out saying the mien were unjustifiable and unacceptable his comment to this is WowThanks guys What a wonderful use of the planets fast-depleting oxygen resources. at a time thats been dealt with can we move on to more taxing matters such as whether or not seafarer The Ripper was a ladies man? He also uses some metaphors, such as the populace show plumping Brother. The Big Brother episode described in the article is a criticism of the TV blank space because they censured an unfavorable episode, the pur pose by utilise the episode is to set up a mirror reflecting the riots.Brand is actually implying that the government aka Big Brother, does not have the nerves to face reality, which must make the reality show a fake, aka the government is a fake they wont face reality. Brand claims they are ignoring societys real big problems by sweeping them under a carpet that is why Big Brother isnt watching you as the title of the article claims. This way of using a known episode as a metaphor, is very effect full, and many people can yoke to it and have a opinion and attitude about it.In the last part of the comment, Brand changes from using I to using we. From now on, the article directly speaks to the reader. Brand claims he does not know anything about politics and tells why he clearly cant have a solution or answer to this issue again his rhetorical trick is a good portion of self-irony and he closes the divide by quoting Gandhi Be the change you want to see in the world. For some readers this may seem too much, and for others it would be very powerful.I think the quote has a well-functioned purpose in the text these complete phrases shows the reader Brands solution to the main problem even though he claims he doesnt know anything. From here on Brand gets more serious and more poetic in his language use, his syntax, and sentence structures. He clearly wants to make a statement by abject his reader. He is appealing with pathos, and emotional words and you can see he uses a very well-known rhetorical technique, called an Anaphora often used in speeches, which is a repetition of a word or a phrase. We must include them, where they feel represented, we must represent them and where they feel love and compassion for their communities then we, the members of that community, must find love and compassion for them It often gives a very good outcome to paraphrase word ore sentences, because it supplies the text a consonants, and the reader is seduced by this way of using the language and I must say, Brand uses the technique so its outcome gets very effective. The last passage sums the whole commenting on the subject up, into some few poetic phrases.Brand clearly comes out with his point of view and attitude he want his reader not to close their eyes for what is happening he requests them not to sweep away these problems even if they are not out in the open. I must say Brand is a very talented writer with brilliant skills that touches a broad audience. Besides an observable writing talent, his writing contains a strength approaching a serious problem using humor. Brands word combinations makes his text easy to read and he has an adventurous natural flow, which makes it very exciting. However, most important in this commentary, is the attitude to the problem.Brands article contains a strong cultural and social criticism and he expresses his wish for individuals to face the injustice unequal society. He encourages his reader to not only le aving it all up by voting on the right party, and not only by leaving it all up to our politicians who apparently arent doing anything about these problems he encourage his reader to sweep away the carpet and face the problem right out there in the blue by giving the young people what they really need Very well said Mr. Russell Brand I couldnt combine more