Michael Barker
New York Times
April 29,2008
This is an interesting piece about the troubles in Austria. There were recently two cases of locking away people in the basement and mistreating them. Natascha Kampusch was locked away for eight years in a town in Lower Austria. The other case was of Josef Fritzl locking away his daughter for twenty four years and fathered seven of her children. The author goes into the long lost golden age of Austria by talking about "The Sound of Music." He then goes into a timeline of the ups and downs of Austria's time using common names such as Arnold Schwarzenegger. He then goes into saying how the media displays what is going on in Austria. It is hard to understand the author, because he is from Austria and towards the end he uses common things from Austria. Not being familiar with Austria, it makes it hard to understand his point. All the common topics at the beginning keep the reader interested at the beginning, but then the uncommon topics at the end completely throw the reader off to his point leaving them wondering what is the point.
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I would like to read this article because I hear about what happened in Austria. It seems that the author would be knowledgeable about the subject being from there. It is sad to hear that these things are happening. I could also relate to the Sound of Music because I watched that as a kid.
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