The magazine I am going to be analysing is Q Maverick and the author of this article is Dorian Lynskey. The article is called James Lavelle and was created in September 2017.
The structure of this article is a biography and is written in third person. Throughout the article, the reader is not aware of the presence of the journalist, however, they do mention their name in the introduction of the article. This allows the journalist to tell the story of Lavelle without intruding himself into it.
This article describes James Lavelle’s top years and how his career went downhill. It then goes on to explain how he is struggling with financial issues and how he is trying to pursue his dream of being in his band despite these hardships. It creates a sort of sympathy towards Lavelle as he is trying his best at doing what he loves. The language used in the article is quite daunting as it uses words such as ‘dead’ to describe the failure of his company. It also uses swear words which convey his emotions easily. The quotes that are used are speech by James Lavelle. They used this to make the reader sympathise with Lavelle, to create emotion between Lavelle and the reader. Towards the end, the reader may read on as they feel as if they have been on this journey.
The journalist represents James Lavelle as a person who is trying to do themselves better. It goes through his life story and how he once failed at trying to make something big. Then, it goes on to tell us how Lavelle is continuing doing what he enjoys despite the hardships he’s been through. The journalist has used language which is close to Lavelle, keeping the story on track.