Text A, B and C all share the same theme of family/parents. Text A is a spoken transcript, which appears to be a speech or presentation, used to inform the audience listening in the text. However, text B is a written novel used to entertain a female audience interested in romance. Text C, on the other hand, is an autobiographical novel used to inform or entertain fans of Laurie Lee.

Text B uses a lexical field surrounding different cultures, such as “my mother was from the mainland. That makes me only half an islander”. This explains Madeline’s cultured roots and adds an ambiguous element to her family, which reinforces the purpose to entertain the audience. This is similarly seen in text A as “ma mum’s family were originally from Lancashire” and “my dad is originally from Jamaica”. The use of proper nouns, such as “Lancashire” and “Jamaica”, establish the characters cultured family roots, which also adds ambiguity and interest into the informative purpose towards the audience.

Additionally, text B uses a lexical field surrounding romance as she was “a romantic who fell out of love with Le Devlin almost as quickly as she did with my father‘s bleak good looks”. This ironic statement masculinises Madeline’s Mother and feminises the male character in the text, which is seen as “my father favoured romantic names”.