"WIFE LOSES SENIOR'S BID FOR MONEY" is about a woman, Muna Yassin, who married a man, George Banton, who was 60 years older than her. He died and left some money to her, but his 5 children do not want the money to go to the woman so they took her to court. They have been fighting the case for over 5 years. The children believe the woman was, "determined to gain control and ownership of his money." In the article the journalist uses the words senior and widower to

describe the man. The connotations of these words make us believe he is the victim. The female is described as a wife and ex-waitress. She is put directly in her role being labeled by her role and job title. The word "waitress" is used even though they could have used server or waitstaff. There is also a lot of irrelevant information in this article. For example the age of the woman is stated and she is described a "tenacious". The article is mostly about how she forced him into signing the will and wanted only to "get her hands on his money". This is an example of PATHOS because the reader is meant to feel sympathy for the older man, "the widower" and his family. They are also to feel hatred for the woman who apparently only wanted money. The article does not state how long their marriage was and if the man was happy in his last days of life. It concentrated on how "calculating" the woman was. She is even described as a predator finding victims to trick them into marriage. They are not alluding that she may have forced the old man to change his will they are outright saying that she is not a victim in any way.

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