Analytical Essay om "Big Brother isn't watching You"

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Eksempelbesvarelse: Analytical Essay om "Big Brother isn't watching You"

Her finder du Studienets eksempelbesvarelse af det ikke-litterære essay om Russell Brands tekst "Big Brother isn't watching you" fra Engelsk A eksamen maj 2012.

Essayet analyserer skrivestilen (style), Russell Brands holdninger til The UK Riots 2011 og skribentens formål med teksten. Derudover kommenteres der løbende vha. kritisk stillingtagen og vurdering.

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Write an essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse and comment on Russell Brand's commentary "Big Brother isn't watching you". Part of your essay must focus on the style and on the writer's attitude to the 2011 UK riots.

Indhold

Indledning
Hovedafsnit 1 (Brands retfærdiggørelse af, hvorfor han kommenterer på begivenhederne)
Hovedafsnit 2 (Brands skrivestil)
Hovedafsnit 3 (Brands holdninger til UK Riots 2011 + kritisk vurdering af hans argumentation)
Afslutning

Uddrag

The UK riots during the summer of 2011 came as a shock to a lot of people, not only in Great Britain but all over the world. The world watched in shock and astonishment as CNN and BBC showed pictures of widespread looting, the burning of buildings and cars and serious aggression against the police. During the riots, most of the comments from politicians and other officials were condemnation of the rioters calling them mindless savages, but after the flames died down more varied and critical questions began to emerge. Russell Brand, an English comedian, actor, musician and writer who now lives in Los Angeles, is one of the voices airing these critical questions of how and why something like this could happen. In his commentary “Big Brother isn't watching you” published on the Guardian's website in 2011, he discusses some of the factors that might have led to the riots other than just mindlessness. Employing his background in comedy, Brand uses a very distinct style of writing when delivering his thoughts and attitudes on the UK riots. One of his main arguments is that all blame cannot be placed on the rioters alone. The politicians, the cooperate businesses, the media and society in general must take their share of the responsibility and actively try to answer the question: “Why is this happening?”

Russell Brand uses a lot of effort in trying to convince his readers that even though he now lives in the US, he still has the right to comment on the UK riots. Brand is still English, and he even feels more English since he left, “I feel proud to be English, proud to be a Londoner…” (p.8, l.35). Furthermore, he identifies with the rioters and also wants people to see things from their point of view. Brand himself has lived in the areas affected by the riots, “…Dalston, Hackney, Elephant, Camden and Bethnal Green.” (p.8, ll.32-33), and has even himself tried to stand on the other side of the police shields during anticapitalist protests. Therefore he argues that explaining widespread looting, violent demonstrations and arson in several British cities with words like mindless, unjustifiable and unacceptable is “futile rhetoric” (p.1). Young people take to the streets for reasons more complicated than can be explained with empty words and phrases, such as the politicians do. Young people turn to the streets because they lack a sense of direction, and because they don't feel included in society, ”I found those protests exciting, yes…I suppose, because there was a void in me.” (p.9, ll.74-75). Even though Brand had a loving mom and a caring dad, he still took to the streets, something that gets him to speculate on how kids without love, care and opportunities must feel. Brand in many ways understands the rioters and simply tries to understand their actions , rather than attempting to justify them. Revealing to have been in anticapitalist demonstrations shows that Brand's position isn't... Køb adgang for at læse mere

Analytical Essay om "Big Brother isn't watching You"

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