Nora Ephron The Boston Photographs Analysis
Nora Ephron’s revealing article, "The Boston Photographs" explains the power photojournalism has over the public eye, through telling the story of the publication of three controversial photographs. Ephron argues that the publishing of brutal and disturbing photographs is absolutely necessary in order to thoroughly explain the severity of certain situations to the public, where keeping the gory truths could give some a false sense of safety or reality. Nora Ephron supports her argument through the use of vivid imagery, working from a scene, and strong evidence.
Nora Ephron’s, "The Boston Photographs" begins with her giving a detailed background of a tragic 1930’s building fire, that provided a subject for three of Stanley Forman’s photographs …show more content…
Throughout "The Boston Photographs", Ephron’s use of pathos through vivid imagery engages the audience to better understand the tragic manner of the building fire. The extent of the fire was characterized as “smoke pouring from the building” which goes even further to describe that the catastrophic blaze was not like any other ordinary house fire (152). Ephron explained the photos of a mother falling to her death with her daughter close behind, and even inserted the pictures into her article to tug at the heart strings of the readers, to get them to open their eyes and see this horrid story is actually real. As Ephron continued, she used great detail and evidence when supporting her claims, doing so marked her as a extremely credible source, making her argument that much stronger. Ephron spent the majority of the article explaining others' positions before sharing hers, doing so allowed the reader to understand the different positions of the story before automatically agreeing with the author's point of view. She citied many different sources and displayed her deep understanding and knowledge for what goes on behind the scenes at The Washington Post, again supporting her overall credibility and purpose for writing this article. When introducing her article Ephron began at the scene, a tool that puts a reader in the moment and allows them to step into the shoes of
Nora Ephron’s, "The Boston Photographs" begins with her giving a detailed background of a tragic 1930’s building fire, that provided a subject for three of Stanley Forman’s photographs …show more content…
Throughout "The Boston Photographs", Ephron’s use of pathos through vivid imagery engages the audience to better understand the tragic manner of the building fire. The extent of the fire was characterized as “smoke pouring from the building” which goes even further to describe that the catastrophic blaze was not like any other ordinary house fire (152). Ephron explained the photos of a mother falling to her death with her daughter close behind, and even inserted the pictures into her article to tug at the heart strings of the readers, to get them to open their eyes and see this horrid story is actually real. As Ephron continued, she used great detail and evidence when supporting her claims, doing so marked her as a extremely credible source, making her argument that much stronger. Ephron spent the majority of the article explaining others' positions before sharing hers, doing so allowed the reader to understand the different positions of the story before automatically agreeing with the author's point of view. She citied many different sources and displayed her deep understanding and knowledge for what goes on behind the scenes at The Washington Post, again supporting her overall credibility and purpose for writing this article. When introducing her article Ephron began at the scene, a tool that puts a reader in the moment and allows them to step into the shoes of