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Sabina Anyango Stadler's 'Social Criticism'

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CHUKA UNIVERSITY NAME: LEWIS MUTUGI REG. NO: CBS2/11784/13 COURSE: B.A (Communication & Media) UNIT: COMMUNICATION AND ANALYTICAL CRITISISM UNIT CODE: COMM 272 INSTRUCTOR: DR. S. RAIJI DATE: 14 November 2014 QUESTIONS; Identify the following, 1(a) Story theme. (b)Argument in the story. (c) The plot. Theme is a subject of talk or an artistic piece of a topic. It mainly talks about the main idea in the story or piece of writing. From the story we have read above we can derive the theme of irresponsible parenthood. We can also see minor themes of privacy from where people are so much concerned about people’s private life. We can also see another minor theme of materialism where Sabina Anyango Stadler is more concerned about material …show more content…

Sabina is a single mother and tries to make ends meet, that is why she is down to work by being a news anchor and an actress on Kenyan TV shows, and even further being one of the two Kenya’s representative of Big Brother Africa reality show in South Africa. This shows that Sabina is industrious, hardworking, determined and caring. Due to this she had no any other option but to leave in order to satisfy both their needs. However, it is so ironical that the masses see her as an irresponsible and materialistic parent and they say that she should take full charge of her baby, but what do we expect them to eat if there is no money to take care of their needs, putting in mind that she is a single mother? Let’s assume that all needs require resources and these finances is what Sabina has gone to look for in South Africa but the masses have taken it the wrong way. Then how do we expect her to survive together with her baby without the much needed finances? The masses have overlooked at Sabina’s situation that being a single mother, she has to switch roles of being a mother and the sole provider of her and her baby, a task that a few individuals can take at a go. Even though she is a celebrity, that is a news anchor, actress and a representative in the Big Brother Africa Hotshots, does not mean or does not give a right to anyone to indulge in her private life issues. So, as the author once said, I also pardon to say echo the same that: why don’t we all just mind our own

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