Reflection:

In a Woman’s World by Graham Rawle, through the text, he portrays a women’s identity by challenging the status quo, bringing an idea of gender expectations and emphasizing gender roles, this is all packed up by a context of Western Culture magazines.

To begin with, on page one, Graham uses an atypical style with short concise bullet points this could link to 3 step rules (how a woman is supposed to act in certain situations), emphasizing the gender roles. Furthermore, Graham uses a italics cut out to question the reader and possibly challenge the status quo. It is clear that the two people talking in the pages are Roy and the narrator. In the next page, using typography “YES, YOUNG MAN, IM TALKING ABOUT YOU” the font and text size are quite bold and large. Here it is questioning the reader and creating a bold tone. Here, this may be related to gender roles as females in the book have a gender expectation, while here the male is being pointed out and possibly needs to change ways. There are more literary devices used here with metaphors/similies. The cup of tea is used as a metaphor for doing something slowly, this may be the fact that not much development has occurred with gender roles. The visual element of the cup of tea also plays into effect as it brings in the Western UK cultural context. The cup of tea could also be symbolization which could symbolize a delicate/sensitive issue.