amazing grace
I am sure the audience that Jonathon Kozol had in mind when he wrote the article "Amazing Grace" was a reader like myself. I believe he wanted to reach people who may not have been aware of this problem and also to reach an audience that was interested in AIDS or AIDS in the area of the Bronx. He also seems to be making a plea for help from people that would like to make donations, whether it would be a donation of money or time. I consider myself to be part of his audience. Although I was aware of the prevalence of the AIDS epidemic I was surprised the numbers in the Bronx were so high. I believe generally he wanted to let the audience know that this problem existed and he certainly did that for me. Kozol's interaction with real life experiences is highly effective. I found myself to be a very willing audience while reading this excerpt from "Amazing Grace". The one on one personal interviews were an attribute to the article. It really gives you the feeling of being there and leaves you believing what Kozol is writing. For example, when the little girl spoke about where her pets slept I could visualize
I'm sure Kozol could have written a best selling mystery novel and made a lot of money or a scholarly sociological essay for his peers but he chose instead to bring to light problems of the poor, something most people don't want to know about and to bring them to a reader like myself who might not otherwise have read this information. And he does it with courage and competence. the sleeping arrangements between the family and the animals. However I found myself questioning the amount of pets being owned and fed by a family that was so poor, but almost immediately dismissed it when I weighed it in my mind with the pleasure it gave to the little girl to have these pets. I also questioned the father of the little girl cooking shrimp for dinner, wondering how someone could afford that. But I don't know where that shrimp came from. Perhaps Kozol could have lightly remarked on that; after all it does seem strange to be speaking of being poor and eating shrimp. I have used Calouri's Five-Step Plan as a guide for writing this essay. I found it to be very helpful in critiquing Kozol's style of writing. Overall Kozol's style of writing is compassionate, objective and impartial. He uses real life and real people and lets them tell their story: how they cope with their situation and how their conditions they live under effect who they are. Koz
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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