Paper 1 Analysis

Paper 1 Practice:

The Prince of Tides is an article published in Stardust Icon magazine in 2010 by Piyush Roy.  This article uses different stylistic devices, tone, to help convey the purpose in relation to theme to convey Saif Ali Khan’s as a successful Bollywood icon growing similarly to that of tidal waves.

Saif Ali Khan is a Bollywood celebrity who has become very popular over the years for his different roles in Bollywood cinema.  Since his medium of films is Bollywood, one can state that the target audience for this article are Bollywood fanatics.  In the text the author refers to films such as “Love aaj kal” which mostly only Bollywood moviegoers will understand. Also people who have watched his films and enjoyed them would be drawn to this article since it promotes him in a positive image. The article talks about his career as a serendipitous ride calling it “unpredicted” again something which will interest Bollywood fans.  The care-free attitudes and lifestyle choices which Khan Makes helps the audience eager to learn more about he grew famous from such an “unplanned” journey.

The purpose of this article is to highlight Khan’s rise to stardom and the different internal and external obstacles he had to face to maintain his success. The theme of Khan’s carefree attitude is seen throughout the article where he faced struggles with his family, insignifant roles, and most noted his surface as a producer. He opens saying “he was just having fun” showing his carefree attitude. This only continued as his career did.  The author expresses that this attitude was both helpful as becoming successful and a struggle when it came to his early stages of acting.  The author states that Kahn was prone to the risk of letting stardom hit his pride. , “The challenge now lies in how he steers clear of the demons of smugness that tend to so seamlessly corrupt good actors tending to lose themselves to the trappings of stardom.”

The themes in this article are shaped around Khan’s personality. He is portrayed as a carefree actor whose rise to stardom was serendipitous. The themes developed are mainly happy and light as life for him is portrayed as a road rather than a struggle. This in turn helps the audience build towards understanding that the article mainly attempts to promote him. Themes in this article are often used in relation to literary devices. Tidal waves are highlighted here where the coming and going of waves are represented as a metaphor to mirror Khan’s career. This emphasizes the idea of what is supposed to happen will happen.

The tone and mood of this article are generally light as Roy promotes Khan in a positive light. The author comes across as highly opinionated but the article is kept light because it is an opinion he is expressing rather than a critique. His use of highly opinionated language “starting a distant last, struggling” shows that the tone is happy. Since this text convention mirrors to that of a magazine the viewer’s expect an insight in Khan’s lifestyle and like most magazines show the article conveys a positive message.

In conclusion Roy uses a combination of stylistic figures, themes, and tones to help convey the purpose of the passage. He aims to promote Khan in a positive light for an audience of fans. He uses the metaphor of tidal waves to emphasize the serdepitious way of Khan’s career.