Russel Brand - Big Brother Isn't Watching You

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Russell Brand both understands the rioters, but he also questions them. “I feel proud to be English, proud to be a Londoner (all right, an Essex boy), never more so than since being in exile, and I naturally began to wonder what would make young people destroy their communities.” (p. 2, l. “35-37”). He tries to put up consequences and reasons to these riots, both from the rioter’s perspective, but also the politicians. For an example, he wrote “Wow! Thanks guys! What a wonderful use of the planet’s fast-depleting oxygen resources. Now that’s been dealt with can we move on to more taxing matters such as whether or not Jack the Ripper was a ladies’ man” (p. 2, l. 51-53). But he also indicates that obvious it’s not right to destroy a whole city; “However “unacceptable” and “unjustifiable” it might be, it has happened so we better accept it and, whilst we can justify It, we should kick around a few neurons and work out why so many people feel utterly disconnected from the cities they live in.” (p.3, l. 55-57), but there will be a need of taking care upon the riots.

This article isn’t the same as a normal article. Again, here it is important to know, that Russell Brand is a comedian, and therefor kind of has the right to be sarcastic and to use swear words, slangs etc. - compared to for an example a politician commenting on the same topic. The tone is very informal. It makes it both exciting to read, but it also gives a clear glaze of what Brand’s message is. The article is very subjective because of his need to take action in it, as he keeps mentioning that he belongs to the group of people that he used to protest against. He doesn’t really use a lot of commas, but instead long sentences and then a period in the end of it.

Russell do like the rest of the nation, the rioters, find it sad that this is the results of a murder. It’s clear that he has a compassion for these people, and that he understands them. He believes that the blame is on the politicians, and not only the youngsters. Even though their actions aren’t okay. You can’t force people to do things, if they are not able to agree with the idea - then situations like this, will eventually take place. As he said, “you cannot rouse the animal in man then expect it to be put aside at a moment’s notice” (p. 2, l. 19-20).

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