End Of The Tunnel

1350 Words3 Pages

Interesting would be a great word to describe the article “The Light at the end of the Tunnel”, by Xavier Mc-lrath-Bey. He wrote a personal narrative for a large range of different people. When reading through this, my eyes were astonished when analyzing every paragraph of the read. Not many people are very educated about Juveniles in adult prisons, as a matter of fact, I never knew that was such a thing. It was very intrigued and interested in what Xavier had to say. Readers would most likely not want to put this article down. Xavier posted this on a blog that eventually reached many social media sites such as Facebook, twitter, YouTube, and Huff Post Crime. The title was labeled community letter. Xavier was convicted of first-degree murder …show more content…

Most readers felt as if they had already been there experiencing the exact moments with Xavier. Another example was immense imagery displayed to get his point across. Not only did the reader notice that there was imagery it almost seemed like readers could paint a clear broad image in their minds, simulating everything almost as if you were standing outside the jail bars listening to the author talk about his depressing life. When I read this it made me more alert to what he was trying to get across to the reader, it made his audience want to help and do something about the situation. There were happy and sad parts compiled through the short documentary, the saddest line in the text was “Because I was so focused on the daily routine of survival in an aggressive environment, I didn’t have many opportunities to reflect upon my life or even imagine a better future”. The most uplifting quote I came across was “Within a few years, I had several significant educational accomplishments and had earned a bachelor’s degree in social science with a 4.0 GPA”, In this last quote he gets the audience to react to his accomplishment that most people find impossible. This was a great transition on how he focused on changing the emotion to a happy and uplifting appeal. Xavior seems to use many mixed emotions to bring the reader closer to the narrative. Without …show more content…

There must be a reason why people want to read this article and many readers think it is because of the interesting title name. It makes the reader curious to what is in the article about and to make them actually read it to find out. Humans are curious beings and looking for intriguing things they can seek out to learn more about each and every day. One may not find interest or engage about juveniles in adult prisons, however, once the reader starts reading things slowly it makes them think and this all ties into character with the emotional impact one gets. It states from a first-hand impression that makes it very hard to get a person interested in solitary confinement. This is why it is important that articles like these are strong and powerful in what they bring their message to. The author also uses one proof of evidence to back up his text “Brain science tells us that children are developmentally different from adults and have a unique capacity for change”. The whole purpose is to not lose the reader as well as board them with the useless information they won't care about. Experience is a great way to explain a situation if anyone else was writing this article other than a prisoner it would be very different and might end up not grasping the same message. The fact that this man spent time and overcame a curtail challenge just comes to show that he

Open Document