I chose to use a page of the Daily Mirror of a story about the England Cricket teams celebrations to winning the ashes by drinking and urinating on the pitch. I chose this extract firstly because I am interested in sport,also because I believe its a very unusual story where many people will have a point of view.
This text is headlined 'Boozy England stars urinate on Oval pitch,angry officials and fans blast celebrations'. This headline gives us an idea that the people of England are disgusted by the behaviour they have heard about, it makes us feel the same also. They have done this to show that we should be disappointed on their behaviour; they want us to look down on them. In the text,it has the thoughts and views of well respected people high up in the sports hierarchy, it shows their disgust towards the incident, this makes the people reading it feel the same way as they may feel they must agree with the people above them whole clearly know their stuff!
However an alternative view is shown in the extract,it is one that accepts the incident and believes that it is a good thing that the players were able to relax,have fun and let off some steam. After all,everyone deserves a break once in a while dont they?
At the end of the day,it is up to what kind of person you are which decides what side of the argument you agree with,some may be completely against the behaviour shown,some may be completely for it, and then some people will not be in to sport and therefore wont care!
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