Many authors such as Francesca Robinson and Monique Berkhout, who co-wrote Madame Joy, use their work and artistic licences to write expository texts, encouraging a whole new perspective with which to consider the world around us. In their text, Madame Joy, Robinson and Berkhout review man's relationship with drugs and introduce their main premise that experimenation with drugs is inherent in human nature. For this reason they claim prohibition of these substances is not an effective way of solving this problem. This challenges many Western mainstream social views. This text provides a new outlook on such issues of greed and domination that widens our knowledge, however does not provide a 'truth' as much as proffers an opinion. So while the reader's understanding of the world is broadened, it is really just their understanding of the authors' values and attitudes towards drugs which are built-upon.
             These authors employ several successful techniques to give readers a completely different view on our history and to create a version of reality. To do this, techniques such as emotive, poetic and pursuasive language and the chronological structure of the book are used, These techniques, along with aspects such as the authors' selection of detail and the use of relevant statistics are used to present their values and attitudes surrounding drug use. By discussing the topic of drugs in such detail and introducing a new set of values, beliefs and many new theories to their readers, these authors attempt to broaden their reader's understanding of the world in which they live. In writing this text, many social issues are discussed, such as the power of the Western world, the futility of prohibition and the hunger for wealth.
             To introduce their values and attitudes to their audience, the authors play on traditional cultural narratives and therefore the reader's beliefs. This works to proffer their ...