soapstone analysis - audience
"Cloudy and Cold" by Gail Collins in The New York Times
Speaker - Published columnist for the New York Times, Gail Collins. Young, personable, adorable (thus relatable). Seemingly intelligent but simultaneously humorous. Modern. Sarcastic. Proud of who she is and what she stands for. Understands American society.
Occasion - Texas politicians recently shut down two more abortion clinics on the basis of religious conviction. The increasingly republican Texas government enjoys imposing their own religious views on 26 million civilians, taking basic rights away from women, and long walks to the six remaining abortion clinics in a 268,000 square mile state.
***Audience - While any politically inclined news watcher would read Collins's article, "Cloudy and Cold" appeals to democratic women, feminists, and human rights activists. Collins highlights the basic right to dictate your life being taken away, which would naturally anger any person that believes in self-determination. The Texas government directly disenfranchises women, ridding them of their ability to govern their own lives based on their state government's religious conviction. Gail Collins and the majority of Americans acknowledge that our nation is founded upon self-evident truths, one being the separation of church and state. Modern Republicans—the majority of whom are men--cannot seem to make this division, hence this article's appeal to female democrats.
Purpose - Collins wrote "Cloudy and Cold" to propose an objective opinion on stringent Texas abortion laws. The Texas government passes laws requiring abortion clinics to jump through hoops to simply operate and thus takes away a woman's right to an abortion. Texan politicians justify this abortion clinic genocide by claiming this is what God would do. (Need I remind you about the constitutional declaration that calls for separation of church and state.) Gail Collins wrote this article to expose this unconstitutionality.
Subject - Collins notes that the United States Constitution calls for separation of church and state, which seriously means separation of church and state. No person—especially the government—should impose their personal theology on another. This article exposes the corrupt nature of the Texas government, one that imposes personal theology on the innocent public.
Tone - Gail Collins implements blunt sarcasm throughout "Cloudy and Cold" to expose the utterly ridiculous nature of Texas politicians whom blatantly disregard the Constitution and basic human rights.
Speaker - Published columnist for the New York Times, Gail Collins. Young, personable, adorable (thus relatable). Seemingly intelligent but simultaneously humorous. Modern. Sarcastic. Proud of who she is and what she stands for. Understands American society.
Occasion - Texas politicians recently shut down two more abortion clinics on the basis of religious conviction. The increasingly republican Texas government enjoys imposing their own religious views on 26 million civilians, taking basic rights away from women, and long walks to the six remaining abortion clinics in a 268,000 square mile state.
***Audience - While any politically inclined news watcher would read Collins's article, "Cloudy and Cold" appeals to democratic women, feminists, and human rights activists. Collins highlights the basic right to dictate your life being taken away, which would naturally anger any person that believes in self-determination. The Texas government directly disenfranchises women, ridding them of their ability to govern their own lives based on their state government's religious conviction. Gail Collins and the majority of Americans acknowledge that our nation is founded upon self-evident truths, one being the separation of church and state. Modern Republicans—the majority of whom are men--cannot seem to make this division, hence this article's appeal to female democrats.
Purpose - Collins wrote "Cloudy and Cold" to propose an objective opinion on stringent Texas abortion laws. The Texas government passes laws requiring abortion clinics to jump through hoops to simply operate and thus takes away a woman's right to an abortion. Texan politicians justify this abortion clinic genocide by claiming this is what God would do. (Need I remind you about the constitutional declaration that calls for separation of church and state.) Gail Collins wrote this article to expose this unconstitutionality.
Subject - Collins notes that the United States Constitution calls for separation of church and state, which seriously means separation of church and state. No person—especially the government—should impose their personal theology on another. This article exposes the corrupt nature of the Texas government, one that imposes personal theology on the innocent public.
Tone - Gail Collins implements blunt sarcasm throughout "Cloudy and Cold" to expose the utterly ridiculous nature of Texas politicians whom blatantly disregard the Constitution and basic human rights.