I denne study guide kan du få hjælp til at analysere artiklen "Every race, colour, nation and religion on earth" af Leo Benedictus. Udover analysehjælpen kan du finde et summary af teksten samt idéer til diskussion og perspektivering.
Præsentation af teksten
Titel: “Every race, colour, nation and religion on earth” (2005)
Afsender: Leo Benedictus
Genre: Artikel
Leo Benedictus er en britisk forfatter. Han er samtidig freelance-skribent for den britiske avis The Guardian, som har en international læserskare. Artiklen "Every race, colour, nation and religion on earth" handler om Londons status som multikulturelt samfund, og blev udgivet i The Guardian i januar 2005.
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Pathos
Through pathos, the writer appeals to emotions, trying to stir or instil a certain feeling in the audience to achieve a desired reaction.
Benedictus tries to encourage readers to feel more positively towards immigrants and to examine their own feelings, drawing attention to how immigrants are usually negatively or falsely portrayed in the media:
Lurid falsehoods, it seems, are still the best way of getting Londoners to take any interest in the qat-chewing, dog-eating, drug-running family of terrorists next door. Somehow, it is only when foreigners are problematic that we want to read about them. (ll. 106-109)
This statement may draw sympathy from the readers who become aware of the misrepresentation of immigrants. Similarly, the article may also instil sympathy by portraying the things immigrants have in common with native Londoners: “they work hard, love their kids and move to the suburbs when they can afford it” (ll. 114-115).
