Keywords: Detachment, extreme violence, tragedies, inhumane, interfere (ing), guilt, depression, punishment.
Main thesis: Kevin Carter's suicide was not directly caused by winning the Pulitzer Prize for a highly controversial photo.
Cultural values: non-interference, violence as a means to power, rendering aid to the vulnerable.
The keywords help support the argument the author is making by describing facts and events that were
1. not considered by those on the other side of the controversy, and
2. may have been overlooked and overshadowed by the more sensational issue of the photo and award.
Aside from this, the author presents this information in an unapologetic, yet conciliatory style, as if her goal in writing the article is to clear up a common misconception about the late Mr. Carter.
The author knows the values of her audience very well in that she presumes that they can be persuaded with facts. Her presentation humanizes the photographer and seeks to correct assumptions that those in his profession are callous and unfeeling.
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