This piece is an review of a TV drama about the life of the famous author Enid Blyton, it is found in online edition of a newspaper. As it is a review of a biopic the intended audience is people who have watched or are interested in watching the film and those who are interested in her life. The purpose of this opinion piece is to review this TV drama. This piece takes quite a candid tone in its attempt to expose the real Enid Blyton though it does this through a very biased stance with lots of negative language.
One of the main features used by the author is their use of listing, particularly in the sixth paragraph where Enid Blyton’s daughter describes her as “arrogant, insecure and without a trace of maternal instinct, … childlike … spiteful, like a teenager”. Listing is often used…show more content… When the writer mentions “her public … her family” it implies ownership of those two things and puts them into the same category. This builds up the idea of Enid Blyton being this egoistical figure in the minds of the reader. By saying “her public” he is implying that she thinks of them as belonging to her.
The writer also accuses Enid Blyton of having her children “routinely wheeled out”, this is an example of figurative language. When the reader see’s this they will think of art pieces or statues, something that can be brought out so others can admire your creativity and artistic skill. So the reader will feel sympathy for the children as they are being objectified, they merely exist to prove Enid Blyton’s skill as a mother.
In conclusion this review, which seemed more of a review of the quality of Enid Blyton’s character that the TV drama about her life was quite mediocre in my view. The author portrayed Enid Blyton very negatively and even if all those allegations were fully truthful the author immediately took a very biased stance against her and did not attempt to look at any other point of
