History Class XII Ch. 3 Kinship, Caste and Class (1).pptx
Feature writing report
1. PEARLS BEFORE
BREAKFAST
Feature Writing Report
Nastassja Ramos
2. GENE WEINGARTEN
Born: October 2, 1951 in New York
Nationality: American
Education: New York University
Employer: Washington Post
Pulitzer Prize: Awarded in 2008 for Feature Writing for Washington
Post “Pearls Before Breakfast”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Weingarten
4. PEARLS BEFORE
BREAKFAST
The article is about “Internationally acclaimed Virtuoso” Joshua
Bell playing incognito at the Washington Metro.
The Game: “In a Banal setting at an inconvenient time, would
beauty transcend?
Weingarten, writes about what happened before, during and after
$32.17 for playing for 43 minutes
5. JOSHUA BELL
Born: December 9, 1967
Education: Jacobs school of music,
Bloomington High School North
Net Worth: 15 Million USD
Awards: Avery Fisher Prize, Grammy Award
for Best Classical Crossover Album, Grammy Award for Best
Instrumental Soloist Performance
6. WRITING STYLE
The writer begins by telling a story about what is happening to the
subject and describes the surroundings
And then he describes the music and the feel of the scene as if
telling a bedtime story
Then the writer talks to the readers and asks a question and then
inserts a anecdote and then gives a background of the story and then
he delves into talking about the main character
7. WRITING STYLE
Supports his writing with anecdotes and interviews with experts
and even with Joshua Bell
"Gene Weingarten is outrageously funny. I mean that literally: He
is guaranteed to outrage some readers. But the smart ones will
absolutely love him." -- Dave Barry
8. Joshua Bell Picture taken from: http://www.joshuabell.com
Joshua Bell info Taken from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Bell
and: www.therichest.org
9. DISCUSSION…
“IF A GREAT MUSICIAN PLAYS GREAT MUSIC BUT NO
ONE HEARS... WAS HE REALLY ANY GOOD?”
• Pearls Before Breakfast by: Gene Weingarten 8/04/2007
How would you have written the story? Would you have gone with
the same style?