Composition

The composition of Bibi van der Zee’s article, “A feminist’s guide to raising boys” might seem a bit fragmented, as the writer presents several ideas “in no particular order” (ll. 8-9). However, we may still point to some general features of the composition.

The headline “A feminist’s guide to raising boys” is informative. The readers immediately know that van der Zee intends to offer instructions on how to raise boys from her feminist point of view. However, the headline might also be a little misleading, as the disjointed ideas make it rather hard to use the article as a guide. Furthermore, van der Zee admits that she might still be doing everything wrong when it comes to raising her children, which may be a further argument against ready thing text as a guide.

The article is divided into seven parts. The first part is the introduction that provides context for the writing of this article. Here, van der Zee ...