Trask v. Knier
In Trask's essay, she expressed a tone of seriousness, aggressiveness, and frustration. The audience she is trying to reach with this essay is an older, informed audience, perhaps specialists in history or government officials. She mentions organizations and committee's that have been formed like "Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA)", "Ka Lahui Hawai'i", and the "Constitutional Convention". This essay can also be assumed to be targeted toward just regular middle-aged citizens of America because at the end of the essay she states, "We don't need anymore tourists. If you want to help, pass this message on to your friends."
Kniers' essay is the complete opposite. He has a very relaxed and witty tone. He's very chatty and informal. His audience is clearly to that of young people his age, perhaps classmates. This can be seen by him saying, "regular plebes like you and me can declare backruptcy, too" inside another sentence. He tends to add little side remarks inside some of his statements showing that his essay is really informal. The tone of his essay probably could have been a little more formal since it was an assignment from his professor, but I think it keeps young readers like myself entertained, compared to with Trask's, which I didn't completely read =D.
Bride v. Pride
The movie Bride&Prejudice is aimed at an audience of young girls, probably pre-teens to late teens. The movie Pride&Prejudice is targeted at a older audience of women, most likely early twenties and up. The tone of Bride&Prejudice is more fun, humorous, and kind of like a romantic fairytale,…”a new twist on a classic tale”, while Pride&Prejudice is more of a serious romance movie. This is expressed by the dull colors and colonial clothing of the characters and the kind of classical music in Pride&Prejudice, compared to the lively colors and exciting clothing, and loud music of Bride&Prejudice.
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