Okay, let’s get this straight right off the bat. I’ve never wished to try goat meat. I’ve never tried goat meat. In the past, I could have gone my entire life without eating goat meat. The thought of goat meat never even entered my head, and I lived happily in ignorance. After reading Henry Alford’s “How I learned to love goat meat, (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/dining/01goat.html?scp=1&sq=how%20I%20learned%20to%20love%20goat%20meat&st=cse)” however, I find that I must try goat meat.
I was engaged in the story from the very first sentence. The writing flows very easily, and sounds like someone is just taking (but obviously a person with a huge vocabulary). It was friendly and humorous, taking the reader in, and not letting him go.
Honestly, what is possibly the most boring subject on the planet that no one would ever want to read about? Doubtless there are a few answers, but I have no reservations when I state that goat meat would definitely be up there. Way up there. However, even a subject such as this was made fascinating by the style it was written it. It was truly a lot of fun to read.
Weaving in a lot of quotes, statistics, and descriptions of stores I will never see nor care about, he brought the topic to life. It was marvelous.
As it stands at present, I still haven’t tried goat meat, and I have no idea where to find it. However, thanks to this article, the petting zoos will have to lock the doors securely tonight.
1 comment:
You actually read the article! I thought it was so funny! His writing style is so easy and funny. I think techniques like that are very transferable to straight news. The idea of the narrative experience can help to elucidate a situation. Describing the story of your morning in Baghdad watching bombs go off in the square and how the people around you reacted is just as informative as "the square was evacuated early in the morning due to bombing" or whatever. Anyway, thanks for reading it.
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