In the article “It is still beauty before brains” by Chok Suat Ling, the writer discusses about the unfair treatment that is received by females based on their appearance rather than their intelligence.
The writer takes a strong stand in her article that women are being judged by their beauty, and it is unfair. Therefore, this perception should be changed.
In this article, the writer chose to use the title “It is still beauty before brains”. The title is not very appropriate as the writer did not discuss much between the importance of beauty and intelligence. The writer also fail to state why intelligence should be highly regarded compared to beauty. Instead, the writer chose to talk about all aspect of women development but did no comparison between the importance of all those aspects and the importance of beauty itself.
Other than that the language used in this article is simple and is well suited for general audience. Since the article is posted on New Straits Times, the language used is appropriate. This is because newspaper should be able to reach a wide audience by using simple and general terms in their language. However, some of the sentences used in the articles, for example: (So, why do we need men again?) are a bit harsh and may send a wrong message to the community.
Overall, the writer is elaborating about how women are being judged by their looks and how that is unfair. The language used in the article is simple and suitable for a wide audience.
I totally agree with the critique above on the fact that the author did not elaborate further on the differences between beauty and intelligence among women and its significance to the society.Besides that, I also agree with the point that the author is too emotional in her writing.She gets carried away with her stand on her opinion until she begins to use strong words which may make some readers feel uncomfortable.
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