This article,"Wildlife," was published on July 14, 2011. It is an article about a personal experience that Staples went through. This experience was two raccoons that invaded his neighborhood in Brooklyn across from Lower Manhattan. He describes this as a very dramatic event that affected the entire community. While reading, it felt like an excerpt from a novel and I was on the edge of my seat. He uses creativity such as "As the news spread, houses went into lockdown. Cats and small children were swept indoors. Windows were shut tight. I got caught up in the moment and dialed 911." This makes it seem like the world is coming to an end, yet this gripping article is really just a simple story about two wandering raccoons.
This was a short and sweet article about an unusual experience. I enjoyed this article because it was like a short story instead of an argument. Staples is great at dramatizing a situation and getting readers into it. Even though it is not a scary, the way he writes makes the reader want to know what happens next. An example of a dramatized yet creative statement is, "An elderly neighbor told of friends who no longer walked on a nearby street at night for fear of running into big furry foragers." Staples is telling a story and I am believing and feel involved in it.
The article is brief and ends with describing the invaders as, "20 pounds of fangs and claws in a fenced-in urban yard." Picturing that image is a tad intimidating and as may be much, his creative word choice makes for a great story!
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