Paper 1 practice

In this comparative commentary, ' Squatters Take On Developers' by Benjamin Shors and ' The Great White Fleet' advertisement will be compared and contrasted. Although one text is an informative article and the other one is a descriptive advertisement, they still obtain a common theme, travel and tourism. The article addresses the ongoing issues that are occurring on the Caribbean Islands, whilst at the same time, it is informing the developers, investors and the general public what is currently on going. Whereas the advertisement is informing the higher/middle class individuals about the cruise, convincing them of the quality, through the use of feasibility and passenger benefits.

The intended audience of text one and text two are both upper middle class, those who obtain enough money to take a vacation in Central America. Although both text one and text two target the same audience, they are aimed at for separate reasons. Text one ' Squatters Take On Developers' is aimed towards the investors who may be unaware of the aftermath of their actions, the article serves as a call to action in order for these superior figures to wake up and fix their mistakes. For example the article states “the size of the new developments threaten to displace hundreds of low-income island residents”, hence displaying that this is one of the issues that must be addressed. In terms of Text two , ' The Great White Fleet' is aimed towards people going on vacation but only those who can afford travel thus why the advertisement states “Only First Class Passengers Carried”.

In regards to the theme and content text one and text two both share a theme of travel and tourism, yet they contrast in the content aspect. This regards to the fact that through the use of the theme text one tends to address the corporate social injustice that is commencing within the tourism industry in Panama, as opposed to text two that uses the theme to persuade upper middle class individuals to take a vacation on a cruise. As an illustration text one states “Developers and speculators will use any means necessary to get the land from the people” portraying the social injustice that is being rendered on the people, in turn text two as an example asserts “Delightful cruises of Eighteen and Twenty-two Days cost you no more than your annual vacation to seashore or mountains”. This ties in with the tone and mood of the two texts, once again text one and text two contradict one another through having different tones and moods set for their text type. Text one challenges a tone of concern and comes off quite moralistic, in opposition to text two which proves out to be challenging a casual and typical tone.

Text one and text two posses a striking style and structure, they oppose one another in the sense that each text has it's own different set of features that are used to benefit the text's purpose. Text one utilizes various propaganda techniques such as plain folk and glittering generalities to counterbalance and manipulate the minds of the audience. Text one also follows through with a different layout as this text is in the form of an article template. Text two on the other hand follows through with the use of a more visual template, assists in grabbing the audiences attention whilst also appealing to their ethos at the sam time.

In conclusion this comparative commentary, compared and contrasted the two texts ' Squatters Take On Developers' by Benjamin Shors and ' The Great White Fleet' advertisement. Although the text templates did differ ( text one was an informative article whilst text two was a descriptive advertisement), they still obtained a common theme, travel and tourism. The articles addressed the ongoing issues that were occurring on the Caribbean Islands, whilst at the same time, it informed the developers, investors and the general public what was currently going on. Whereas the advertisement informed the higher/middle class individuals about the cruise, convincing them of the quality, through the use of feasibility and passenger benefits.