1. The effect of juxtaposing details from DiMaggio’s baseball days with his retired lifestyle in San Francisco is to show contrast in his life, character, and abilities. It expresses distinction in his life by displaying how his retired life is more gloomy but also relaxed while his baseball life was very hectic, dramatic, and what seems as cheerier. The description show that since his baseball career, his personality and defining characteristics have become more depressing. This shows off DiMaggio’s ability because it reveals that he can adapt to different situations and different environments with little struggle.
2. The main reason that this piece started with a quote from Hemingway’s “Old Man and the Sea” is because they both relate to fishing and they show part of his past. The author of …show more content…
Talese waits until the second paragraph to name DiMaggio because he wants the reader to establish an opinion on the unknown character without passing any judgments. He does this because when most hear a famous persons name they automatically assume things and don’t look at the person for whom they actually are.
4. The narrator is obviously a big fan of Joe DiMaggio and is either a close friend or family member or an employee at Joe’s restaurant. This is assumed because the narrator knows so many very private details about DiMaggio that one would assume he spends a large amount of his free time with DiMaggio. The narrator never stepped forward and identified their selves. The man from New York is the researcher that wants more information on Marilyn Monroe and DiMaggio’s relationship.
5. In Talese’s essay, the discussions about fisherman are much more dominant than about baseball. In almost every situation given, it relates back to fishing. For example, after the man from New York came to talk to DiMaggio, it tells us that he went straight to the pier. In many other situations, it all relates back to fishing. This tells us that fishing must be DiMaggio’s happy
2. The main reason that this piece started with a quote from Hemingway’s “Old Man and the Sea” is because they both relate to fishing and they show part of his past. The author of …show more content…
Talese waits until the second paragraph to name DiMaggio because he wants the reader to establish an opinion on the unknown character without passing any judgments. He does this because when most hear a famous persons name they automatically assume things and don’t look at the person for whom they actually are.
4. The narrator is obviously a big fan of Joe DiMaggio and is either a close friend or family member or an employee at Joe’s restaurant. This is assumed because the narrator knows so many very private details about DiMaggio that one would assume he spends a large amount of his free time with DiMaggio. The narrator never stepped forward and identified their selves. The man from New York is the researcher that wants more information on Marilyn Monroe and DiMaggio’s relationship.
5. In Talese’s essay, the discussions about fisherman are much more dominant than about baseball. In almost every situation given, it relates back to fishing. For example, after the man from New York came to talk to DiMaggio, it tells us that he went straight to the pier. In many other situations, it all relates back to fishing. This tells us that fishing must be DiMaggio’s happy