issues analysis

The Title of the article ‘give the lady a gun’ automatically suggests that the author Neil Mitchell is all for the use of women in combat as displayed by the opening paragraph - which bluntly states that women are better than men. As soon as the reader comprehends these initial first words, there leaves no doubt that the reast of the article will follow suit in its pro women in combat slant. Whilst it is clear from Mitchell’s title and opening that he is bias toward women in this issue it differs entirely from the other two respective articles.

When first reading the title of Pamela Bone’s ‘The sexes of the battle’, it does not give the impression that she is pro or con on the issue but rather neutral and simply stating the facts regardig the debate on whether or not women should be allowed in combat. This is also apparent in Beth Gillin’s ‘Women’s place in battle queried’. These titles are not as seductively impressive as Mitchell’s title but their openin...