By Russ Mitchell - Contact Reporter
This Business/ Auto article is about Tesla's (an auto industry) recent action of firing hundreds of workers all at once. News reports estimate that the number of fired workers are between 400 to 1200, an immense amount of workers. Tesla claims that the reason for the dismissal of these workers are due to their "subpar performance", but the article hence otherwise. The article seems to go against Tesla's claims, suggesting that the real reason why these workers have been fired is because workers have been trying to organize a union. It could be assumed that if this is the real reason for the departure of these workers from Tesla that Tesla does not want to admit it, which would explain the reason why Tesla has not commented much about the situation. Mitchell uses a connotation style of diction. Words used were casual, not too literal nor specialized. The article consisted of words that every day people can understand, such as "unclear", "staggering", "declined", and "demanding". Mitchell's tone is critical since he is skeptical of Tesla's credibility and honestly. Mitchell's level of attachment to the situation isn't clearly displayed, but from what has came out of Tesla and what has been shown, it is reasonable to think that Tesla has treated their workers unfairly. Whether the reason for their departure from the company be because of the organization of a union or simply because of the fall in recent profits, workers deserve to know the real reason, not blaming their worker's "subpar performance" when their performance reviews says differently. The purpose of the article was to inform readers on Tesla's most recent and shocking action of firing hundreds of their workers. Michell's overall goal of this article could've been to simply inform the public, but it could've also been to influence their readers into questioning Tesla's credibility and honestly as a successful corporation. If Michell's sincere purpose was to have readers question Tesla, then there should be something learned from Mitchell's position, which is to question the true intentions of people's actions.
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By The Times Editorial Board
The editorial, The slaughter in Las Vegas is all too familiar, yet Americans refuse to stop it, was inspired by the mass shooting that took place in Las Angeles Sunday night (Oct. 1), which has left an estimated number of over 515 people injured, with 50 already dead and the number on the rise. The author of the editorial argues that actions concerning gun control should be taken promptly to prevent less crimes of gun violence. The author's tone is indignant since he/she is angry at the fact that many mass shooting have occurred frequently, but nothing has been done about gun control to help prevent these events on happening. The author uses a connotation style of diction since his/her wording reflects his/her feelings towards the topic: intense and aggravated. Strong wording, such as "slaughter" in the title of the editorial, is used by the author to show the seriousness of the situation. The author is aggravated that these similar events have repeated themselves so often, but that that is still not enough for Americans to take the initiative and change something about it. To add emphasize on how frequent gun violent crimes are committed, the author wrote, "once again", when stating "The nation awakened Monday morning to learn that once again a man [...] has committed what appears to be the most American of acts, using military-style firearms to kill a staggering number of people". The level of emotional attachment the author seems to have is strong and devoted. The author seems to believe strongly on what he/she stands for. The diction reflects the author's indignant tone because the words used clearly reflects the author's dissatisfaction with what is going on and the actions that are not being taken to relieve those situations. A type of rhetorical device used by the author are rhetorical questions. Rhetorical questions can be found all over the editorial, but two of these rhetorical questions used are, "Paddock’s motive? Unknown at this point, but does it even matter?", and, "One of the questions police will try to answer, and that will frame the ensuing debate, is whether Paddock obtained his firearms legally. Does that even matter at this point?". These rhetorical questions are used to help readers focus on what the author thinks really matters, which is not what the shooter's motives were or whether or not Paddock got his weapons legally or illegally, but that weather or not weapons should be allowed in the hands of civilians in the first place. By using rhetorical questions, the author is aiming for a reflective effect that will make his/her reader think about the issue. The purpose of this editorial was to share the author's opinion on a gun control, a controversial topic. The author wants his/her reader to think about the serious matters at hand and convince them that actions should be done immediately. The author's position is worth taking note of because he/she does make a strong point. How many lives are going to be taken before people start to realize that these matters should not be taken lightly? |
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