How does the article inform and entertain the reader?-                                                                                                                    The article uses a mix of facts and opinions from people close to the victim in order to put across the main details of the situations whilst also introducing some alternative ideas of what happened. The article also provides facts such as the size and weight of the python ‘The python weighed about 125lb (56kg) and measured 20ft (6m) long’ to add a bit of shock factor to the article in turn making the audience want to keep on reading. The article also provides some controversy with the quotes used as one says ‘It was only by the grace of God that one of the officers knew how to deal with snakes’ which emphasises the need for the police to arrive, the use of the noun ‘God’ shows that it was so lucky that it seemed as if there was a higher power involved, really emphasising the extent to which the assistance was needed. However the next quote contradicts this by saying ‘She said “her father's life was never in danger”’ this quote is used to put the audience in a state of questioning whether or not what the police have said is true or not in turn intriguing the reader. The use of the adverb ‘never’ adds intensity and assurance to the quote establishing the certainty that the victim would have been fine without the authorities.