Time Literary Supplement

While reading Factory Girls TLS book review, I found it very well organized. The author starts off by giving background information of life in China. The author uses a lot of vividness, so it truly impacts the reader, “They live in factory compounds, sleep in crowded dormitories and eat canteen food.” This is just one example of imagery. The author uses a common place when he talks about Addidas, Nike, and Rebook, for they are very popular brands many people buy from. The reader even though it is talking about a foreign country can have a sense of identity and belonging with the article.

While giving a brief taste of what the book is about, the author does very well again using vividness, “She skipped meals in order to take computer classes.” When I read this I could picture how hard life had to be for them, it truly impacted me. Even though the author wrote in formal register, his word choice was very adequate, it was eloquent but easy to understand. The author reveals the perfect amount of information to give the reader a perspective of what the book is generally about.

By the use of real life events, the author gives surprising facts, “The ideal man must be at least 1.7 meters. In China height is often a proxy for status or even class.” Also the author says that some jobs require a minimum height for applicants. When learning about a culture you find many things which seem very “weird”, but they all have a meaning behind it. I wonder what the meaning behind height is. The author uses specific details like this one, which makes the reader live this foreign culture and learn from its diversities.