Perspectives
Here, we help you put Kamal Ahmed’s article, “The boy on the left had no future. The one on the right is a talented star pupil...”, into perspective. We will discuss the following aspects:
- Periodical perspective
- Relevance today
- Societal perspective
- Thematic perspective
- Textual perspective
Periodical perspective
“The boy on the left had no future. The one on the right is a talented star pupil...” is a cover story about Ryan Williams, a teenager who turned his life around thanks to a television experiment. It was published in The Observer, on October 13, 2002.
The article appeared soon after Ryan’s first year at the boarding school.
Do you think the author was too hurried to pass judgments on the success of the experiment?
After all, 12 months is a relatively short period and we do not know how things will work out for Ryan in the long run. Next in your text book, there is a follow-up material on Ryan’s story - “TV, public school and Ryan's fall” by Amelia Hill and Kamal Ahmed. The article was p...
