“Twenty of us were there, crowded into that little room, and though I had been to such talks before, I was enchanted.” Bruce Ballenger writes a very well rounded passage about the owner of Mount Desert Oceanarium whose name is David Mills. Ballenger shares with the reader how Mills began the museum of marine life and how he spreads his knowledge to others. The writer uses a specific technique in the essay to pass along his ideas to the reader by adding his own self into the essay. This adds to the passage because it shows the reader how Mills has expanded the writer’s mindset. “I was too busy taking notes, thinking up questions, trying to pry my way into secrets of his work.” The author is giving insight on how the experience with David Mills
