Homework(READING 6.1)

INVASION OF THE BABY SNATCHERS

TOPIC
The article focuses on child issues, child abduction, kidnapping child and also about the children that already lost "been ignore and neglected by parents".

CONTENT
The article covers about a story of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman that had been kidnapped, Sarah Payne that was found dead and many more story that involved children as a victim. at the same time, the article also covers about the children that had already "lost"

SOURCE
The article comes from Time Magazines, page 40 on 2002, August 26 by Kirn, Walter.

AUDIENCE
The article is written for Media people. This is because, all media people are busy talking about the issue of child abduction and kidnapping child until they forget and ignore about the other "lost" children.

The Rhetorical Function
The article is designed to warning and advising the reader.

PURPOSE
The article aims to warning and advising the Media people about the hidden issue in the article. The children that already lost "been ignore and neglected by their parents" is the hidden issue in the article. So, the writer is advising the Media people to be concern about the hidden issue also.

PERSPECTIVE
The stance taken in the article is to advocate the reader to more concern about "lost children". This is because, before this all the media people are only busy talking about the same issue.

POSITIONING
The article describes that children nowadays in a danger position given that more and more children are becoming a victim of child abduction and kidnapping child. The writer also describes children as a victim of irresponsible parents where they has been neglected by the parents.

IMPACT
The affect on the reader is, the article can make the reader think twicely especially about the hidden issue which is neglected child.

VISUAL LITERACY
The visual aspects of the text are sifnificant because the picture of two lost children with a cute face can make the reader sympathy to them and indirectly add with the heading also can cath the reader attention to read the article.

READING 5 (JOURNAL ENTRY)

Reading 5.1 (Australia’s Methadone Mess)

Methadone-a government-sanctioned narcotic- is dispensed free or at a very low cost to over 23,000 heroin addicts in public and private clinics and pharmacies across Australia that works by activating the brain’s opiate receptors. Methadone does not really help drugs addicted given that the drugs addicted continued to inject heroin and overdose of Methadone can harm the patient. Injected of Methadone may also increased the risk to be affected viral diseases like HIV. Methadone program cannot help because it’s just like replacing one narcotic with another given that Methadone is one of the drugs. The only way that can help addicts to live a normal life is quitting by a long-term rehabilitation in which addicts receive counseling for the problem that prompted them to use drugs in the first place.

Reading 5.2 (Out of Puff)

This article is about smoking issue among female. From the article, more and more female become smoker. They don’t see the link between their action today and the consequences tomorrow. This is because, smoking give a lot of bad affects to the women especially a greater risk of miscarriage, breast and skin cancer and also impact on fertility and menstruation as well as harm unborn babies. Most female smoking because they believe smoking can reduce their weight and if they stop smoking, they gain some weight. However, it doesn’t matter how little they smoke or what type of cigarette they choose, smoking can kills. Smokers can seek help from the Nicotine replacement Therapy, Medication or support.