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Read through the following articles and begin to identify the ways that the writers have framed their articles. They both appeared in “The Age” newspaper during the Cormo express – Live Sheep trade discussion in 2003.

last Sunday,my daughter commented on how most of the sheep she was petting were panting conspicuously, feeling the day’s modest early spring heat. My thoughts turned quickly to the 50,000 sheep on the hell-ship aimlessly sailing the Middle Eastern seas in 45 - degree heat, packed so tightly together, wading through their own putrefying excrement struggling for breath. After 48 days of torture, they’d no doubt have regrown their wool – just to add more suffering to these innocent, sad creatures our Government wants us to forget. We must stop this barbarism..................................... //Karen Eckerman, Gisborne// || //Happy image reminding us all of the innocence of childhood//
 * **Suffering on Show** || Comment ||
 * At the Royal Melbourne Show

//Stressing the pleasant conditions in order to contrast her later comments//

//Dramatic contrast with numbers and highly evocative description of “hell-ship”.// //“aimlessly” stresses the pointlessness of the suffering.// //This sense of suffering is increased by mention of heat.// //The reader is encouraged to imagine the smell with the expression “putrefying excrement, struggling for breath”// //Emphasises the length of time involved and then adds the word “torture” to keep the sense horror before the reader.//

//Perhaps overplaying the emotionalism with the description of the sheep, but it is placed next to an accusatory reference to the Government for dramatic effect. Many people are drawn to blaming someone else, especially governments for their feelings of discomfort. She calls it “barbaric”.// ||

Whose back did we ride on? Never asking for more than a few blades of grass and the occasional shearing. It was the humble Aussie sheep. Now in its time of need, these little Aussie battlers need our help They won’t jump on the first junk offering a shortcut through immigration; they won’t throw their lambs in the water to gain attention; they won’t even ask for an apology. Bring them back – and let the PM shout it out loud so that all Australians understand, that the whole world understands; “Our ewes are coming home!” We’ll even organise a welcome home at the docks. The PM could be there, a political winner, the good shepherd. Welcome home in the morning, election victory in the arvo – and a spit roast at supper time........................
 * Little Aussie battlers || Comment ||
 * What made this country great?

//Cameron Black, Patterson Lakes// || //Australia// //grew to a nation “riding on the sheep’s back” an expression indicating that we owe our economic strength to sheep farming.//

//Sheep are drawn as self-effacing and mild-mannered. Anthropomorphism to build empathy with the sheep.//

//Another reference to Aussie culture “aussie battlers”, suggesting the sheep are “good blokes”.//

//Reference to “children overboard” affair which was a contentious and embarrassing time for the government. It is highly satirical and those who are politically aware will find it very amusing.//

//Similarly, this is a reference to “stolen generation” and other aboriginal issues.//

//A third reference to a political embarrassment with the failure of the Australian government to welcome home Vietnam veterans. So embarrassing that now a major political figure is present at the docks to welcome home every vessel carrying Australian servicemen.//

//“Good shepherd” is a play on the fact that they are sheep and is also a connection drawn to Christ as “the good shepherd” The reader will make the connection with the PM.//

//The sting in the tail comes when he satirically connects the welcome home in the morning with an election. Clearly he sees any actions by the government as vote winning exercises, not driven by genuine desire to free the sheep, especially when he declares a spit roast in the evening. The sheep are unimportant in the end. After all they were always intended to be eaten.// ||

Write an analysis in essay form using the information gathered for you in one of these/ or both of these pieces.