While reading the selected articles from this magazine, no specific themes jumped out at me. Also, the combination of both formal, essay writing as well as the incorporation of picture and images diversified the way in which the information was presented. My articles ranged from topics dealing with possible American expansion into Cuba to the fashion trends at the time to five pages of run on jokes. Each article was thought provoking but some were more captivating than others, and therefore stuck out to me more.
It is hard for me to say that this magazine is not interesting because it is completely out of social context for my life today. Relating to the issues and ideas put forth in the various articles is different because so many of them are alien or inapplicable to modern day life. When comparing this magazine to a modern day one, there seems to be an overall lack of organization by subject matter, something that makes it much easier for the reader to pick and chose where they want to center their focus within the magazine itself.
It's interesting that you had articles augmented with images. None of my articles had pictures. It would have broken up the series of dense text. What year was your issue released? It's also interesting that you couldn't relate to any of your articles and therefore couldn't make any judgments about the magazine. Many of my articles were family and relationship centered. While the language of the day was much different than what we are used to for modern day articles, many of the themes were still the same.
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