Croy 1

Hannah Croy
Ms. Thomson (Period 1)
A.P. Lang. & Comp.
4 December 2016
Miller, James. Castro in Africa. The Atlantic. The Atlantic. 3 December 2016.
Web. 3 December 2016.
In James Miller article titled Castro in Africa he sums up Castros involvement with Africa beginning
in the 1960s and ending with his death. The overall tone of the article is informative. Miller includes the
Angolas peoples Movement for the Liberation of the Angola and the National Union for the Total
Independence of Angola to give the reader a credible sources. As the article progresses, Miller becomes
hostile and minorly resentful towards Castro. His choice in diction, and placement of his sentence
structure explicitly gives the reader the idea that they are not fond of Castro. When describing the FNLA
and UNITA forming an alliance he says that they would have been utterly uncompetitive without other
countries help, like the United States. By placing the word utterly in front of uncompetitive it shows
the reader the power of the United States and places an idea that there is no way that Castro could win
any war against them. Then, when defending the United States, Millers sentence structure shifts from
lengthy and descriptive to short and blunt. He simply states, This was not true. The Blunt and straight
forward aspect of this statement leaves little to no interpretation that the United States could be in the
wrong. By the end of the article, Millers tone is quiet hostile and aggressive towards Castro, this is
shown when he ends the article saying, No wonder [Castro] coming to terms with his legacy is so
difficult.

From: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/12/castro-south-africa-angola/509243/