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.