Gender Synthesis Essay

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First of all, Genre is a type is of discourse that occurs in a particular setting that has distinctive and recognizable patterns and norms of organization and structure and that has particular and distinctive communicative function. Like here Fouz is writing this article to achieve a particular goal which is women empowerment and inspired by one another in (line6). She talked about how the younger girls in Middle East are copying and wanting to be like the girl in a movie or social media in (line14). Some of them might take the good part to be encouraged and independent which is good but some of them might take the other way around. The right message is spread by focusing on the younger generation in (line34) to be creative, strong and …show more content…

As known Fouz has a number of identities each of them is more important at different points of time. She showed at the social media as a grown up women to can improve or develop the society and as young girl cares about fashion and make up as well. Moreover social relations that are both established and maintained through the use of discourse. She used feminine words because she is a female such as in “open mind” and “open heart” in (line43) and the usage of “I erase part of me identity” in (line25) because women are emotional than men. Also she is caring about the younger girls and who they want to be like or copy the girl in the TV in (line14). Fouz in social realities wants to change not only the Kuwaiti society but the whole Middle East. Which is huge challenge for her as a girl in very young age is about to turn 25 years old. In addition, the discourse contribute to the production and reproduction of social inequalities which is not implied in the …show more content…

Such as in (line34) when she said “we should always focus” there is a request in an indirect speech, to tell all the women that we should be united and to improve the next generation because they are the future. In perlocutionary act refers to the effect this utterance has on the thoughts or actions of the other person. Unfortunately this cannot be applied because there is no action or result of this article but for sure Fouz is hoping this message could be done even if it for a small society. Fouz intended to be indirect when she started with a fact and story in (line7). In order to be close and touch our emotions, in (line21) she turn from giving fact to speak about her experiences and describe her emotions, how it hard and how did she deals with it. The writer emphasis on how important in women to act more manly in business and be empower in (line27). In felicity conditions there must be an accepted procedure for successfully carrying out the speech act. Like here in (line18) Fouz used the formal written because it more appropriate in advices and the audience will accept it rather than being informal it won’t be accept able and the audience thinks it kind of sarcasm. Also the circumstances must be appropriate for the use of the speech