by Reniqua Allen for Teen Vogue Magazine (December/January 2012)
This article is about money and how teenager's financial situations impact their friendships. It talks mainly about how having a lot of money and being very privileged impacts who a teenager spends time with and whether or not they are socially accepted.
The context of this piece is this country's current economic situation, with so many people unemployed and where finances are a huge issue. Also, the context is our current society that values people with money as being high-society.
The purpose of this piece is to examine how money affects friendships.
The audience for whom this piece was intended is teenage girls of all social classes, especially those who are struggling with fitting in due to their economic status.
Rhetorical devices include:
- pictures- There are pictures of stars from popular movies and television shows from many years ago until recent times. These pictures are of the stars of movies and television shows that have a central story revolving around money and social class and its impact on relationships such as My Fair Lady, Pretty in Pink, and Gossip Girl.
- appeal to logos-In the article, the author quotes authors and professionals who specialize in finances, teenagers, and/or relationships. The article even starts out with a quote about the unemployment rate in America.
This article semi-accomplished its purpose. It was a great article that I absolutely find valid in my life and see it as in issue in my school, but it could improve by focusing on the struggle of lower class teenagers to fit in with the popular cliques that appear to be mostly upper class rather than focusing on the upper class teenagers and how that impacts their relationships.
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