Reflection Section Week 10

Text Title: Fancy buying a Mad Max garage?

Text Type: News Article

Text Creator: Nile Bijoux

Text Purpose: To provide interesting information to readers.

Date: Sep 11 2021

Critical Literacy Question: Is the text fair?

The Doof Wagon

Australian auctionhouse Lloyd Auctions is putting   up for sale many of the vehicles from the filming of  Mad Max: Fury Road. These vehicles include the Doof Wagon, Furiosa's War Rig, and a twin-supercharged 1973 Ford Falcon Coupe Interceptor. 

The Doof Wagon is a repurposed missile carrier, mounted with roughly 100 loudspeakers. In the film, the Doof Wagon housed mounted drummers, who would pound on drums made of aircon-duct drums, while Coma the Doof Warrior-- who is blind and disfigured-- slung in a web of bungy sounded the distorted 'guitar of war.'

Other auctions include two Chevorlet Coupes, one of which contains a straight-twelve engine, built from two straight-six engins out of two GM straight-six engines. It is not clear if any of these vehicles function, but they are perfcet for anyone who is looking to get their old vehicle memoribilia fix.

Critical Literacy: I think the text is fair. I think this because, despite the use of words with positive connotations, the text makes no attempt to coerce the reader into purchasing a vehicle from this action, or to paint the auction in a negative light to the viewer. 

Reflection Section

 Text Title: This million-mile Honda CRX is basically new

Text Type: News Article

Text Creator: Nile Bijoux

Text Purpose: To educate its viewers

Date: Aug 21 2021

Critical Literacy Question: In whose interest is this text?

A Honda dealership in Tampa, Florida displays a million-mile Honda CRX. The car went on display in 2015, and since then has driven one extra mile- resulting in a total mileage of 1,002,474 miles, or 1,613,325 kilometres. Surprisingly, the car still its original interior, and a fresh exterior re-paint. 

This is because the owner put the CRX through regular maintenenace to keep it in great condition. The dealership says that it is unclear whether or not the vehicle has undergone any major repairs or replacements, but they say it "doesn't seem like it."

Bijoux then goes on to recommend that the article's readers perform some basic maintenance checks on their cars- referring to the TWIRL acronym: Tyres, Windscreen, Interior, Rust, and Lights.

I think that this text is of interest to most readers. It appeals to those interested in vehicles and motoring, but is an interesting and one-of-a-kind story. A vehicle reaching one-million miles is a rare occasion, but the car is also in great condition- especially for the distance it has travelled.