UK Riots

Innledning
On the subject of study drugs, we are presented with three texts. The first text is the commentary “Bit Brother isn’t watching you” by Russell Brand.

He used his commentary to explain a lot about both himself, the situation and London in general. His point of view is marked by his own past.

He says among other things that “I should here admit that I have been arrested for criminal damage (…)”1, meaning he sees himself as an equal with everyone, including the rioters instead of just being judgmental.

The second text is the article “UK riots: Why did the riots happen? Who are the rioters? What can we do to end this madness?” by Tony Parson.

It is clear that he has a need to blame these riots on someone as he says “(…) many of us do not have the stomach for sympathy right now”.

Utdrag
Russell Brand starts his commentary with describing himself a bit and talks about the television show Big Brother.

After that he mentions the riots for the first time. He says “This week's riots are sad and frightening” and sets the attitude very calm but still sad.

The second text on the other hand starts by claiming “THE Britain that we knew, the Britain we loved, died on our streets this week” and therefore sets an attitude that seems more judgmental and way harsher.

Russell Brand continues by saying he feels guilty not being in his hometown at the moment and that he is proud of his roots as a Londoner.

Throughout the commentary Russell Brand asks a lot of questions to make the reader think of all the perspectives in a situation like that.

He has a wide vocabulary where he both used words and phrases like “fucking” and “representing corporate interests”.