The New York Times
January 23, 2008
Author: Verlyn Klinkenborg
First of all, I must ask all readers if anyone knows of Sir Edmund Hillary. I chose this article hoping to learn about an important figure of history, but the article did not explain who this person is. The article begins by the writer explaining how she feels about Hillary, "I am one of those people who can close their eyes and see Hillary and Norgay on the summit of Everest." May I ask, who is Norgay? She expects the readers of this article to know a figure of history from the mid nineteen hundreds in complete detail to understand this article. The rest of the article explains that Mt. Everest is not, now, a hard climb, but back then it was. The article suggests that Edmund and Norgay were the first men to ever reach the summit, and that it took stamina and determination. The purpose of this article was to acknowlege Sir Edmund Hillary's death. The writer did a nice job expressing her emotions, but the article as a whole does not explain him to those who do not know his background.
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it seems that this article was not very informational, yet appealed more to the emotional loss of a historical figure. Besides knowing his feat, of climbing Mount Everest, there is little information describing what this man has done. In order for the author to convey someone as an important historical figure more information about that person is necessary.
I think that the article would have been more affective if more background information were included. The average person has no clue who Sir Edmund Hillary is. I guess to people who know Sir Edmund the article would have been very informative.
It sounds like the article was very well written, but not for an opinion column. It could be very interesting though, if I knew who Sir Edmund Hillary was or knew more about him. It seems like the author just kind of assumes that you know all about the life of Mr. Hillary, thus provides no other information on him.
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