Media Assignment 2

Father’s tears help student understand poverty

This article, interviewed by Kimberly Lewkowitz of CNN, was about an Indian family who lost a family member due to an illness. Moreover, the poverty the family has to deal with. In the article, the author notes that the family lives in a small house for a 300 rupee (7$) a month rent. If we look at it in our perspective, $7 is not a lot of money. Our lunch probably costs more than that. However, for the family in India, $7 is probably worth as much as $1,000.
For this specific article, I believe that the author is doing the work necessary in order to get the information needed. He asks if any family members have died from an illness. From my perspective, that question is very rude to ask. However, I understand the interviewer’s duty to get the information. Moreover, as the interview proceeds, the interviewers himself says, “In my mind I could not find the answer for why I have been so blessed in life and others have not.” This sentence itself proves to the readers that the interviewers is not only thinking about himself, but also thinking about other who are not as blessed as he is. However, as readers, it is possible to think that the interviewers had put this quote in to sound un-bias. That is us, as readers, to never find out. Anyhow, for the characteristics of the article, the diction used to describe the emotions and the actions are profound.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/14/medical.care.india/index.html