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Charles M. Blow’s Library visit, then held at gunpoint?

Charles Blow’s article titled “Library Visit, Then Held at Gunpoint?” published in the New York Times Stood out to me because the way Charles Blow portrays his son intrigues me. Charles Blow portrays his son, who is a Yale student, as an above average student. He starts off by telling us that it’s Saturday evening and his son is at the library. Then he moves on to tell you that since his son was at the library he might as well put in a request for some multimedia equipment he will need for a future project. The way Charles Blow’s language changes throughout the article is a representation of how professional writers will use a certain type of word and change it to something else in the passage. For example in Charles Bow’s article the title says “held at gunpoint”, in the subheading he uses the word “detained”, later in the passage he states that his son was “accosted” by a campus police. Charles Blow states that later in the article that "this is the scenario he has always dreaded". Even though Charles Blow has prepared his son for moments like being held at gunpoint. You can’t prepare yourself for the anxiety and stress that situation like this can cause. I believe the strength of Charles Blow’s article is the fact that he is a father who is proud of his son and prepared his son for situations like that. I also believe that Charles Blow is appalling to the fathers of the world with this article.

I would recommend this article to someone who is thinking about going to a library on Saturday night. I would also recommend this article to someone who finds that reading suspenseful articles is a pleasurable way to pass the time along.