"Where's Jake Scott?" Analysis
Grace Schmidhauser
David Hyde most definitely utilizes many of the techniques and tips that Gisondi suggests. Within the first paragraph, the author has used imagery to set a scene that reflects not only the physical aspects of the setting, but also the societal nature of the place. He also creates characters, and makes Jake Scott out to be a complex character whom the reader is compelled to learn about. The people in his life, even the men at the bar at which he is a regular, are made out to be characters that could easily be in a novel. He's descriptive yet objective in his profiles, allowing the reader to decide how they feel themselves. He paints Scott's life out to be colorful and interesting, scattered with interesting plot lines and characters. The story is in no way dry like many sports profiles tend to be. Hyde focuses very little on his actual football career and much more on who Jake Scott really is and what his life is like. Though he does interject himself into the story quite a bit, it doesn't feel forced or awkward- the writer is an important part of this story.
Another technique that Hyde uses that Gisondi highly emphasizes is the idea of taking an old conflict, something that has happened in the past, and resolving it throughout the story. The entire story is basically Hyde slowly answering the questions the readers have been having about Jake Scott and solving the mystery and creating a resolution. We slowly but surely learn about what Scott has been doing these past 30 years that he's been missing from the public eye, getting more and more invested as he goes along.
Grace Schmidhauser
David Hyde most definitely utilizes many of the techniques and tips that Gisondi suggests. Within the first paragraph, the author has used imagery to set a scene that reflects not only the physical aspects of the setting, but also the societal nature of the place. He also creates characters, and makes Jake Scott out to be a complex character whom the reader is compelled to learn about. The people in his life, even the men at the bar at which he is a regular, are made out to be characters that could easily be in a novel. He's descriptive yet objective in his profiles, allowing the reader to decide how they feel themselves. He paints Scott's life out to be colorful and interesting, scattered with interesting plot lines and characters. The story is in no way dry like many sports profiles tend to be. Hyde focuses very little on his actual football career and much more on who Jake Scott really is and what his life is like. Though he does interject himself into the story quite a bit, it doesn't feel forced or awkward- the writer is an important part of this story.
Another technique that Hyde uses that Gisondi highly emphasizes is the idea of taking an old conflict, something that has happened in the past, and resolving it throughout the story. The entire story is basically Hyde slowly answering the questions the readers have been having about Jake Scott and solving the mystery and creating a resolution. We slowly but surely learn about what Scott has been doing these past 30 years that he's been missing from the public eye, getting more and more invested as he goes along.
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