GALATÉA DODD
CRITICAL READING ASSIGNMENT
ENGLISH STUDIES STAGE 2
The newspaper article by Chris Bowen humanitarian issues behind the use of refugees in offshore detention centres, the open letter by Eugene Hurley also considers the human suffering of refugees in detention centres. The poster authored by The Australian Government is part of an anti-people smuggling campaign and targets people wanting to seek asylum by boat. All three texts similarly debate asylum seeker situations and Governmental policy. In all three texts, the main concern to how the Government should act toward refugees. Differentiating is the views the texts have upon the social issue Hurley express distress as to the treatment of refugees as being unfair and unethical …show more content…
This is used to inflict fear into people contemplating travelling to Australia by means of illegal boating and educates on the impossibility of ‘making Australia home’. Hurley directly addresses Tony Abbott and his views on refugees in detention centres. The text directly states Abbott’s views and instantly counters it with the unethical effect. Bowen’s text states the issue of offshore detention it directly talks of the public's involvement and how society’s view affects the treatment of refugees. It uses emotive vocabulary such as ‘helplessly’, ‘tragic’, and ‘horror’ to inflict an emotional connection to the refugees and their situation. The text also uses the repetition of the word ‘humane’ and ‘human’ as to counteract the dehumanization that the Australian society feel towards refugees. Both the Government poster and Hurley have a strong bias on either side of the topic. Differentiating the texts is that the poster is strongly against the acceptance of refugees whereas the open letter argues for acceptance and fairer treatment of refugees that have illegally travelled by boat. In creating a biased view the authors are able to effectively argue a specific point. In conjunction to these two texts, the newspaper article presents a relatively unbiased argument on the social issue and states the arguments on both sides of the topic. The unbiased approach allows the reader to make their own conclusion of the events. The text also states that ‘there are people of goodwill on both sides of this debate’ which further shows that no matter the conclusion made by the reader, it is still ethical and reasonable. The reality that refugees are drowning in the waters between their country and Australia are discussed in all texts through different solutions to the issue. In the poster a hostile approach to boat refugees is shown as an intent to inflict fear
CRITICAL READING ASSIGNMENT
ENGLISH STUDIES STAGE 2
The newspaper article by Chris Bowen humanitarian issues behind the use of refugees in offshore detention centres, the open letter by Eugene Hurley also considers the human suffering of refugees in detention centres. The poster authored by The Australian Government is part of an anti-people smuggling campaign and targets people wanting to seek asylum by boat. All three texts similarly debate asylum seeker situations and Governmental policy. In all three texts, the main concern to how the Government should act toward refugees. Differentiating is the views the texts have upon the social issue Hurley express distress as to the treatment of refugees as being unfair and unethical …show more content…
This is used to inflict fear into people contemplating travelling to Australia by means of illegal boating and educates on the impossibility of ‘making Australia home’. Hurley directly addresses Tony Abbott and his views on refugees in detention centres. The text directly states Abbott’s views and instantly counters it with the unethical effect. Bowen’s text states the issue of offshore detention it directly talks of the public's involvement and how society’s view affects the treatment of refugees. It uses emotive vocabulary such as ‘helplessly’, ‘tragic’, and ‘horror’ to inflict an emotional connection to the refugees and their situation. The text also uses the repetition of the word ‘humane’ and ‘human’ as to counteract the dehumanization that the Australian society feel towards refugees. Both the Government poster and Hurley have a strong bias on either side of the topic. Differentiating the texts is that the poster is strongly against the acceptance of refugees whereas the open letter argues for acceptance and fairer treatment of refugees that have illegally travelled by boat. In creating a biased view the authors are able to effectively argue a specific point. In conjunction to these two texts, the newspaper article presents a relatively unbiased argument on the social issue and states the arguments on both sides of the topic. The unbiased approach allows the reader to make their own conclusion of the events. The text also states that ‘there are people of goodwill on both sides of this debate’ which further shows that no matter the conclusion made by the reader, it is still ethical and reasonable. The reality that refugees are drowning in the waters between their country and Australia are discussed in all texts through different solutions to the issue. In the poster a hostile approach to boat refugees is shown as an intent to inflict fear