Essay On Caribbean Tourism

Caribbean tourism is a highly contested topic with two extreme polar views on the same subject. This is a fact plain to see in plenty of articles, and this case with two texts that provide different stances on the topic of tourist development in the Caribbean is no exception. First, there is an advertisement of a 1950s The Great White Fleet’s cruise vacations to the Caribbean directed towards a class of rich, (and at the time, most likely Caucasian) travellers. On the other hand, text two is the exact opposite of the advertisement; the second text, titled Squatters Take on Developers by Benjamin Shors, focuses on informing a Miamian audience of development on “squatter” land in Panama. Though the two texts are already different in the type of text, what exactly makes the two so different? The answer is through how each texts are directed for a purpose at a specific …show more content…
Rhetoric acting to influence one’s stance is especially prominent in the second text, where Shors immediately uses a pathos anecdote in his introduction to draw a reader in sympathizing with people in a similar situation to Nicasio Jiménez, who lives on the poverty-infested, yet desirably scenic lands illegally bought by foreign developers through third parties; a situation that threatens displacements of thousands of households. On the contrary of the advertisement, the cruise line ad showcases large text at the top and a large picture of high-class cruise goers to highlight the luxury of the cruise. Using this appeal to luxury aimed at wealthy people, the advertisement shows a bias in persuading a wealthy, privileged group to enjoy a relaxing vacation. In relation to the purpose intended for a specific audience, the advertisement is an exact opposite of the article. While one text shows the elite relaxation of vacationing in the Caribbean, the other focuses on providing information of the impact of tourism booms on a local