Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Kardashian-West Baby 2

The following articles are about Kim Kardashian sharing with her sister, Khloe Kardashian, that she is pregnant on their new season of their hit TV reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/kim-kardashian-reveals-shes-pregnant-6485705

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3242827/This-like-miracle-Kim-Kardashian-tells-sister-Khloe-s-pregnant-second-child-season-premiere-KUWTK.html

Both the Daily Mail and the Mirror used the same qoutes when re-telling the event, "I just got the blood tests back from my doctor and I am pregnant." "is this a joke". The use of the second qoute imparticular portrays the excitement of the sisters that Kim is pregnant again with Kanye and her second baby. It shows that, from where she is so excited and happy, she simply cannot believe what her older sister is telling her and is overwhelmed at the exciting news.

When descibing Kim's expression, the Mirror used the term 'stunned'. Although they meant this in the literal way in the fact that she was shocked at what she was being presented with, it also works as the Kardashian family is so known for their stunning appearences so the use of the word works in with the family theme. It also reinforces the fact that the article is about Kim who is prodominately known for her appearnece.
 
 Both of the newspapers use adjectives when intorducing the qoutes of the people being spoke about,'an emotional Kim said', 'Khloe joyfully laughed'. The use of these adjectives help to get across the current emotion of the person behind the qoute. Without the adjectives, these particular qoutes would be extremely hard to read emotion through, however with the help of these words, it helps to get the reader deeper into the story and to understand the emotions invloved behind it.

A difference in the language used is how they describe the event. The Mirror describes the event as 'emotional' whilst the Daily Mail describes is as 'exciting'. The two words give completely different outlooks on the way the story is percieved. The use of the word 'exciting' gives the impression that a big event has happened in one of their lives that is going to be a positive, 'exciting' occurence. The use of the word 'emotional' gives the does not give a lot away as far as the reader is concerned. 'Emotional' could be used when discussing both a positive or negative event in their lives. In this case, the word emotional is due to the rush of emotions going through the family due to a new arrival on the way and is focusing on positive emotions rather than negative ones. The emotions the article was most likely refering to here would be joy and overwhelminly happiness.

1 comment:

  1. Some thoughtful considerations are impressive. Check adjectives vs adverbs. I think you made your job harder by using two tabloid articles that don't really delve into any controversial aspects of the issue. Do they mention the IVF like this one does? http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/01/kim-kardashian-pregnant-second-child

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