Article Analysis
By: Laura Lehmann
“Robbed of Simple Pressures”
Motlagh, Ghazoll. “Robbed of Simple Pleasures.” The Iranian 27 Feb 2004 08 May 2008 .
The online news article, “Robbed of Simple Pressures”, outlines women’s rights in Iran. It is written by Ghazoll Motlagh, an Iranian college student who migrated to America in 1986. Her top education, personal experiences, and first-hand perspectives from both Islamic and Western cultures have brought the article both fact and wise opinion. A natural bias is not present and any one-sided view is based on well-found justification. Word choice is simple, but mature topics target mainly those educated and interested in worldly affairs. Nonetheless, the article persuades all readers to fight for woman’s rights. Strong emotions that call for change are flaunted in the many statements—“Now is the time for other organizations to step in and aid in the fight for freedom and equality”—including given interviews of tortured women. Objective aspects are likewise displayed in factual details. Though the text was written back in 2004, it bases on sufficient information, enough to analyze and reflect upon. With post Revolution views, 9/11 terrorist attacks, and discovered nuclear programs, the article was composed when conservatives conquered Iran as modernization spread the world. Iranians grew in isolation, and the article, like its readers, called for action, change, and progress!
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