Annotated Bibliography
Falls, Susan. "Picturing blood diamonds." Critical Arts 25.3 (2011): 441+. Literature Resource
Center. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. Susan Falls, a Ph.D. and Anthropology Professor, in her article “Picturing Blood Diamonds” (2011), implies that modern day American citizens and even foreign countries are hidden from the real truth of diamonds, by expressing the main topic and point of this article, showing that flashy billboards and magazines have hidden where the source of these diamonds are coming from. Falls supports her argument by illustrating the millions of blood diamonds mined and smuggled out of the once peaceful Sierra Leone, through the bloodshed of thousands of their African people. The author’s purpose is to convince the readers and or the audience of …show more content…
"Israel's cut and Polished Diamonds are Not a Girl's Best Friend." The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 33.5 (2014): 18-9. ProQuest. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. Delinda C. Hanley, an executive director and news editor at The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, in her article “The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs” (2014), argues in a more Americanized fashion with the common slogan known as “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”, by using this an a negative form, she is implicating that not everything that glitters is gold, and that the same diamonds many people from different places in world wear around their necks and on their fingers, are those same diamonds mined and smuggled from Africa through the bloodshed of their very own people. Hanley supports her claim by providing factual evidence throughout her article. The author’s purpose is to inform as well as educated citizens around the world in order to prevent the suffering and bloodshed of thousands of African people. The author writes in contemptuous tone for the audience and or the reader to understand the severity in the illicit Blood Diamond production in the once civilized Sierra
Falls, Susan. "Picturing blood diamonds." Critical Arts 25.3 (2011): 441+. Literature Resource
Center. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. Susan Falls, a Ph.D. and Anthropology Professor, in her article “Picturing Blood Diamonds” (2011), implies that modern day American citizens and even foreign countries are hidden from the real truth of diamonds, by expressing the main topic and point of this article, showing that flashy billboards and magazines have hidden where the source of these diamonds are coming from. Falls supports her argument by illustrating the millions of blood diamonds mined and smuggled out of the once peaceful Sierra Leone, through the bloodshed of thousands of their African people. The author’s purpose is to convince the readers and or the audience of …show more content…
"Israel's cut and Polished Diamonds are Not a Girl's Best Friend." The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 33.5 (2014): 18-9. ProQuest. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. Delinda C. Hanley, an executive director and news editor at The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, in her article “The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs” (2014), argues in a more Americanized fashion with the common slogan known as “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”, by using this an a negative form, she is implicating that not everything that glitters is gold, and that the same diamonds many people from different places in world wear around their necks and on their fingers, are those same diamonds mined and smuggled from Africa through the bloodshed of their very own people. Hanley supports her claim by providing factual evidence throughout her article. The author’s purpose is to inform as well as educated citizens around the world in order to prevent the suffering and bloodshed of thousands of African people. The author writes in contemptuous tone for the audience and or the reader to understand the severity in the illicit Blood Diamond production in the once civilized Sierra