REFLECTION TOPIC 6

From unit 6 we have discussed on the article ‘Invasion of the Baby Snatchers’ written by Kim Walter (2002, August 26) from Time Magazine on page 40. The thing that attracted me through this article is the sub headline itself which is question about the ‘lost’ children. Here, I could describe that the lost children is those who are abandoned by their parents. Those children according to what the writer said that there are the kids who cannot disappear because they are already lost. The media exposed a lot for the missing child but they are also abundant the children who are left by parents, dumped onto social services or left in care of irresponsible adults and their story sometimes only been known by their neighbours or the societies or people just not care about them at all.

I did not find too many difficulties in this topic because it has been discussed in the class members and also the lecturer. Somehow, I am not quite agree with the writer that he only put the picture of the missing child but not focus on the issued that he himself questioned it up which is about the ‘lost’ children. Other than that, in the content of the article also the writer state that people or media should be alert or take attention the kidnap cases. However, at the end of the article, the writer looks like want to focus more the abundant child.

Overall of the article is telling about the missing children and if they are unlucky it could be the victim of murder cases. I would like to strongly agree with the writer that he suggest the public or even the media itself do expose the story or news about the abundant child that might be until now did not get the justice according to their destiny of life in the future. In my view towards this, it must be have some difficulties to help those children because nowadays people are being selfish and care only their priorities.