The article that I chose was the main one about Ryan Reynolds, which is written from the writer's perspective and include some quotes from Ryan himself. The sentence structure is very simple, not of high level. The word choice is interesting because it is simple in some instances and intense in others. One of the best examples of this is in the writing I found was in the introduction to the article, "Trepidation." What in the world does this word mean? According to Dictionary.com, the word means tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation. If I didn't look it up, I would have no clue what it means and I'm guessing a lot of other people don't know what it means either since I have never heard it before. Then the arrangement is in chronological order of his life from when he grew up to where he is now, since it first talks about his parents and where he was born. To when he first began to act and when his first gigs were.
Compared to the letter from the editor is a little out of nowhere. The whole letter is about quotes from other people and what not. But, it is different because there is a different style of writing. The letter uses curse words and other strong words that would never be found in the article that I read because it wouldn't be inappropriate. The advertisements I consider to be more edgy like the letter from the editor so they match more than the article, which is more informational and proper.
My initial observation is that the article is very simple and easy to read. No big deal. The letter from the editor was different and didn't understand where they were coming from because I didn't read any other articles before then. Maybe if they would have explained the reason to where they were writing it would have been better, but they didn't. The writers keep it easy on the audience since they don't use big words and don't have much writing, it's mostly pictures and advertisements. Then they try to connect to the audience of men by including pictures of women or well dressed men that some guys aspire to look like when they have the money to spend on clothes. But keeps it easy, so people don't give up on reading after one sentence. The purpose of the article is to give a background about Ryan Reynolds and what he wants to do in the future with his acting career. The author wants the audience to feel like they can accomplish their dreams like how Ryan Reynolds did, since he did it and everything is possible.
Based on the article it tells us that the author wants to encourage its reader that they can accomplish whatever they put their mind to and to not give up their dreams if it hasn't come easy. Because you have to work for what you want. GQ wants guys to get their dreams so they can buy all of the stuff that they advertise, so that it makes us feel better about ourselves and to gain confidence.
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