By N. R. KLEINFIELD
Another article based off of the damage from Hurricane Sandy is the focus of the New York Times it seems this week. While most talk about the effects on the electricity, food, and transportation systems, this article focuses on the homes of the people on the waterfront. Because most do not immediately think about this after such a disaster, the author opens up with short sentences and a bit of a made up situation in order to bring the reader into his article and really see what kind of damage arose. He opens with "Many of the soaked towers that poke into the downtown Manhattan sky have dried out. Their lights blink. Their elevators run. The heat is on" which is important to show that on the outside, it may seem like everything is going back to normal. Then he switches the tone in the next paragraph with the word "But" opening it all up. In doing so, he shows that though some of the more obvious problems have been fixed, many of the others have not and most likely won't for a long time. In the second paragraph, he gives broad examples of those who could be homeless until after the New Year's celebrations and then moves into a specific example by even giving the address of the home that was ruined. In doing so, he shows the reader that the problems New Yorkers are facing are not just big problems that will eventually be fixed, but actual real problems that anyone could have but do not know how to fix themselves. Throughout the rest of the article, many different example of homes and businesses ruined are given exemplifying the long term consequences of Hurricane Sandy. The author does an excellent job in subconsciously instilling sympathy into the reader for the victims.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/nyregion/damage-unclear-future-in-limbo-for-some-buildings-in-lower-manhattan.html?pagewanted=2&hp
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