Breslin wrote an article about Clifton Pollard, John F. Kennedy's grave digger, and Pollard said that "it was an honor" to dig the grave. Breslin emphasizes that everyone can be important, in some way, even if they aren't doing the most important thing at the moment. All of the reporters at the time were reporting about JFK's death, but he decided to focus on something else that had to do with the president's death, such as the grave digger. Maybe Breslin decided to focus his JFK obituary on Clifton Pollard, because he thought it would be more interesting for readers to read something different than they have been seeing in the news. This topic could also be more relatable to the public, because he was only paid $3.01 an hour, and many people
