FACEBOOK CULture
- the message of the text and how you know, : The message is in times of trouble thats when you know who your true friends are because before he was dead he had 3450 friends but only one showed up at his funeral.
- the author's tone, : The tone is sorrowful
- how the reader is supposed to think/feel, : The reader is suppose to feel pity and sorry but at the same get conscious and reflect on their live at the present moment.
- who/what is the eiron,: The eiron are the friends who didnt show up at the funeral
- who/what is the alazon (keeping in mind that in some, the reader may be the alazon, or the eiron, through foolishness may also play the role of the alazon, and so on and so forth),: The alazon is the only friend of Juan who showed up at his funeral
- and ultimately what the author's purpose is.: The authors purpose is that this is typically the reality of life and things are not always what they seem.
Holidays before smartphones
- the message of the text and how you know, : The author is trying to say that before smart phones people where having fun at holidays and interacting with others but after smart phones people are keeping to themselves and staying alone.
- the author's tone, : informative
- how the reader is supposed to think/feel, : The author is making a reader think that smart phones are a big distraction to people and should have limited use.
- who/what is the eiron,: Are people who labled before smart phones .
- who/what is the alazon (keeping in mind that in some, the reader may be the alazon, or the eiron, through foolishness may also play the role of the alazon, and so on and so forth),: Are people who use their smart phones on holidays; in this case the group of people labled after smart phones .
- and ultimately what the author's purpose is.: The purpose of this is to let people know how much fun they are missing out on now that they have smart phones that are a distraction during holidays.