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The article “Confederate flag is a symbol of America’s culture wars” by Matt K. Lewis was published on the 27 June 2015 on "The Daily Telegraph". It is about a black woman and a white man and their experiences and opinions to Confederate flag. The author starts his article by describing the situation of a black woman who is living in Washington DC (ll.6-53). The whole part of text is about her own experiences, that is the reason why he uses the personal pronoun “I” (l.16). The pronoun makes the text more personal, so the readership is more interested in the story. She explains that for her it would be terrible, when she sees the flag because she links it to bad memories, which she had to go through. So in her opinion the flag should not be used in public because of the past events. On the opposite to that there is a white man living in South America. The author flips his argument by illustrating the experiences of the man very clever because he is the opposite of the woman, so the text is more interesting. It also shows the reader both of the sides. To come back to the white man. He grew up in America with the gun laws, the big respect to authorities like the police and the fact that homosexuality is a sin. These things all have changed. Nowadays there is no big respect to the police, Obama wanted to reduce the guns in the state and homosexuality is absolute legal. The radical changes is hard for people who grew up with them, especially because it changes like over night. The people like the white man think that the flag is a symbol of old traditions, so they like it. After talking about the experiences of the man, the author summarize both of them and comes to the conclusion that the sides should work together.

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The article “Confederate flag is a symbol of America’s culture wars” written by Matt K. Lewis was published on the 27 June 2015 in "The Daily Telegraph". The article deals with two different opinions on the Considerate flag, one from a black woman and one from a white man.

First the author mentions the situation of a black woman living in Washington DC. Then he continues by giving real-live examples to make the reader feel involved and this way he/she can put himself/herself in the situation of the black woman. (cf. ll. 6-53)

Second he flips the arguments by illustrating the situation of the white man. It has the effect that the reader sees both positions. Lewis enables the readership to consider pro and contra arguments. He then goes on listing up real-live examples again. (cf. ll. 54-119)

He ends his article by summarizing both arguments and giving a solution to the cultural conflict that is to come together. (cf. ll. 120-136)

All in all the author emphasizes that both sides are equal and that they should work and live together. In the end he repeats his main point so that his point of view remains in the readers mind.

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The given article „Confederate flag is a symbol of America’s culture wars“ written by Matt K. Lewis at The Daily Telegraph on 27 June 2015 is about the question if America should host the Confederate flag.

The author starts the article by describing the situation of a black woman who is living in Washington. Additionally he gives real-life examples for the black woman’s life. Then he flips the arguments by illustrating a situation of a white man. That makes the reader see both sides. He also uses real-life examples by telling the situation of the white man.

The author uses several stylistic devices to underline his point of view. First he starts with the use of personal pronoun you „you’re a professional black woman living in Washington D.C“ (ll.1-2) which shows that he wants to address the reader directly. He goes on with the use of personal pronoun I „I talked with Crystal Wright“ (ll.19) which has the affect that the article is more personal. Additionally he puts quotes from other people into the article for example „I’m a black woman and I was raised in the South“(ll. 22-23) which should illustrate the situation of concerned people. The author continues with the use of negative words „slavery and lynching and segregation“(ll. 41-42) which should also illustrate the situation. In addition he uses the personal pronoun we „What we need now is to come together“ (ll 120) to directly address the readers and to motivate them. The author not only uses stylistic devices to create his article, he also uses a good language and syntax. All in all he wants to say that both sides should work together.