This is an amazing feature article. The mix of extreme detail with the feel of breaking news really grabbed my interest and pulled me in. This story really brought into focus the desperation of people who live in poverty and those who need to keep the law. There’s always been a dark side to humanity, but through Hull’s article, “Metal to Bone, Day 1:Click,” this lurid aspect comes out of the shadows and into reality. I personally think that this is a great feature; if it were written for everyday news, I think that it would loose its punch, its pizzaz. This is one of those stories that draws you in despite yourself, and such a thing would be harder to accomplish in only a handful of paragraphs.
Do you watch Oprah Winfrey? It is the same exact style. Play on the poor, while the rich exxagerate and picks on them. Americans really steam me. Americans are always picking on the little person, what bullies!
Wow, I loved this article. The description was not flowery like creative writing, but gritty and real. Hull really did her research. Reading the article, I could see the ghetto in my mind exactly as it was described on the page. If I may break out an old cliche: "oh, the humanity!" I am just disgusted at the conditions in which these people are living. The extreme details spoke for themselves, and there was no need to be overly descriptive: Hull told it like it was, and that was enough.