A Rhetorical Analysis Of London Calling
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London Calling
The article from the “Newsweek” magazine is written by William Underhill who was in London with Marie Valla. The article is informative, describing London’s best attributes and development on financial, cultural and intellectual areas. The growing prosperity and popularity is presented as a result of one thing in particular: immigration. This means the main focus in the article is how immigration has contributed to London’s culture in many ways – in fact, immigration is defined as “(…) the secret to London’s success,” which is clearly a flattering statement. Throughout the text, a lot of rhetorical devices are used in the article on order to promote immigration.
The “Newsweek” magazine itself is a business magazine, directed to people interested in modern business and future development, such as company directors and professional investors. The article is a special city report on London. It is pretty obvious that it is business-related since the description of London focus mainly on commerce, work and culture, and barely on art and entertainment. The article does have a political background to some degree, since it takes a stand in favor of immigration and reasons against …show more content…
The article begins by positively describing London’s growth and how immigration has promoted the growth and popularity – what is interesting is that in the end, the author has chosen to throw in some fact on the bad consequences of foreigners streaming in the country, like traffic, high prices and the big gap between wealth and poverty. He believes this problems to be fixable though, and the up-sides to be more important, saying that “Perhaps the biggest challenges of all involves resisting political pressures that might kill the golden goose – over-harsh immigration politics to name (…)” This also indicates how the author is definitely not neutral, as
London Calling
The article from the “Newsweek” magazine is written by William Underhill who was in London with Marie Valla. The article is informative, describing London’s best attributes and development on financial, cultural and intellectual areas. The growing prosperity and popularity is presented as a result of one thing in particular: immigration. This means the main focus in the article is how immigration has contributed to London’s culture in many ways – in fact, immigration is defined as “(…) the secret to London’s success,” which is clearly a flattering statement. Throughout the text, a lot of rhetorical devices are used in the article on order to promote immigration.
The “Newsweek” magazine itself is a business magazine, directed to people interested in modern business and future development, such as company directors and professional investors. The article is a special city report on London. It is pretty obvious that it is business-related since the description of London focus mainly on commerce, work and culture, and barely on art and entertainment. The article does have a political background to some degree, since it takes a stand in favor of immigration and reasons against …show more content…
The article begins by positively describing London’s growth and how immigration has promoted the growth and popularity – what is interesting is that in the end, the author has chosen to throw in some fact on the bad consequences of foreigners streaming in the country, like traffic, high prices and the big gap between wealth and poverty. He believes this problems to be fixable though, and the up-sides to be more important, saying that “Perhaps the biggest challenges of all involves resisting political pressures that might kill the golden goose – over-harsh immigration politics to name (…)” This also indicates how the author is definitely not neutral, as