Comparative Commentary

Section B. The theme in both texts is similar; they both discuss the problem of pollution. However, the texts’ positions regarding this theme are very different and so is the way they are expressed. The first text is an advertisement and therefore its purpose is to try to persuade us to “Keep America Beautiful”. It expresses the urgency of the problem of pollution and of our reaction to it. The writer expresses this importance and …

…less attractive than that of text 1, but it expresses exactly his opinion about the pollution problem, as we can see in the last sentence of the editorial. Even though the two texts have a similar theme, they are very different. The main difference is the fact that the first’s purpose is to persuade us, while the editorial simply expresses one’s opinion about the subject. The title of texts itself shows us this difference.