Name and Date of Magazine: Newsweek , November 27/2000.
Name of Article: Shootout
in the Sun
Author of Article: Evan
Thomas, Michael Isikoff
Summary
of Article: The article describes the year 2000
presidential election in the U.S.A. The article displays how the two candidates
are dealing with this interminable election,and how the democrats are finding
ways to manipulate the law on their favor. It also describes Al Gore and George W. Bush's attitude and
behavior as they are waiting for Florida's precious votes. This article
describes what the Americans think about all this chaos. One main point in this
article is that the broadcasting stations in the U.S.A. are making this issue
larger than it is, and that they are turning
it into a soap opera.
Photographs/Illustrations/Maps: The phtographs of this article didn't compliment the article a lot,
because they only showed a few photographs, and they were useless regarding a
better understanding of the article. They complimented the article a bit by
showing us a map that shows how many votes each candidate has. Altogether, the
photographs didn't explain the article well enough. The photographs weren't
very necessary, because as I said they didn't explain the article well enough,
and the author was very descriptive in his writing. More photographs would have
been helpful for a better understanding of the article, because there weren't
enough pictures and the author was talking about politics, which needed to be
explained thoroughly in words as well as pictures.
Comment: I didn't enjoy the
article a lot, because it wasn't very interesting and I felt the article was
interminable. I didn't enjoy reading this article as much as I enjoyed reading
the last one. The article provided me with some new information, but not a lot,
because I saw most of it on television. Some of that information I learned was
that the democrats were trying to manipulate the law on their favour, and that
Al Gore is trying to forget about the election on the weekend by having a
social life. It was a good article that provides someone who doesn't have a
clue about the election with a lot of new and interesting information. It was a
good article that most people would read, because they used very sophisticated words
such as republican, senate, etc. What I would like to learn more about this
article is, why it is taking the U.S.A. such a long time to decide such an easy
decision? The parts of the article, which could've been omitted, were the parts
when they talked about what Florida was doing to decide this decision. I liked
the parts about the candidates' personal lives the most, because I realized
that the candidates actually have a life like you and me, and that they don't
obsess over the election like others do. I think the parts, which the authors
were talking about Florida's decision, should've been omitted, because I felt
the author didn't explain himself thoroughly and he didn't say what they were
doing to decide their decision. I think that the authors should've added that A
l Gore is a sore loser, and that he is the one that made this problem and the
one making it bigger than it actually is. The article was fine, but it wasn't
excellent.
By:
Samar Al Ansari
7C
In loving memory of Samar Al Ansari: a loving daughter, wonderful sister, and great friend.
