Indledning
George Bleacher begins his article “More than Coffee: New York’s Vanishing Diner Culture”, by referring to diners as “the third place” by deeming it the third most important place in his life besides home and work.
George Bleacher states that more old-fashioned American diners close down as the years go on, in which he argues that change in the eating habit and rent prices is the cause for the closing diners.
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Uddrag
The best days of the New York City diner, however, appear to be over” (P.1 L.11). G. Bleacher explains that as time goes on, more and more national food and coffee chains such as fast-food restaurants and Starbucks, which is slowly starting to appear targeting the younger and busy locals in New York.
“like Starbucks have all contributed to the demise of the New York diner” (P.2 L.22). As a result, a majority of the New York diners go out of business, the reason being lack of customers.
The composition of George Bleacher’s article follows the traditional structure for an article, by the use of a title, an introduction, a main text and body and a conclusion.
G. Bleacher uses appealing words in his title, for grabbing readers attention. Furthermore does G. Bleacher apply catchy words making giving the text a more personal touch.
The main text mostly focuses on the topic and the theme of the article, through his personal experiences, historical evolution of American diners and through a diner owner and his customers.
He lastly finishes his article with personal reference to a local customer whom which he found interesting.
The sender of the article is George Bleacher a writer, a journalist, and a translator, who was a former university teacher. G. Bleacher was born and raised in New York and is a selfproclaimed diner expert.
G. Bleacher’s article was later published by The New York Times, one of Americas biggest newspapers. The article’s main audience is Americans and readers of The New York Times.
But specifically, G. Bleacher focuses on New Yorkers as he wrote “I suspect that other New Yorkers feel the same way”. (P.1 L.3).
He generally targets diner enthusiasts but also costumers that occasionally eat at diners.
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