In Peter Stark’s “As Freezing Persons Recollect the Snow—First Chill—Then Stupor—Then the Letting Go: The Cold Hard Facts of Freezing to Death”, he keeps the reader constantly engaged through his use of perspective and representative writing. As he describes the different stages of hypothermia and an experience of nearly freezing to death, Stark incorporates statistics and intriguing information about the science and biology behind what the cold does to the human body under extreme circumstances. Throughout his writing, he uses the second person perspective to give the reader the point of view as if they were experiencing it firsthand. I found myself completely engaged with the article while reading it, waiting to find out what was going to happen next and what would become of the protagonist. Stark dramatically proves that venturing out in the cold in subzero temperatures is a dangerous
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His publication is largely based on a fictional firsthand experience of the event and despite the questionability of some of the facts he provides, his work is largely concrete material. A majority of the data and details that Stark incorporated are hugely informative and alluring: “Your exercise-dilated capillaries carry the excess heat of your core to your skin, and your wet clothing dispels it rapidly into the night” (2). With such additions, Stark continues to build on ethos through his use of information from an already credible source. In doing more personal research regarding Peter Stark, his exceedingly adventurous and exploratory personality leads one to establish trust for the validity in the tales he tells. Altogether, Stark found a way to make his writing both informative and captivating to the reader while nearly eliminating any or all questionability through his strong use of
His publication is largely based on a fictional firsthand experience of the event and despite the questionability of some of the facts he provides, his work is largely concrete material. A majority of the data and details that Stark incorporated are hugely informative and alluring: “Your exercise-dilated capillaries carry the excess heat of your core to your skin, and your wet clothing dispels it rapidly into the night” (2). With such additions, Stark continues to build on ethos through his use of information from an already credible source. In doing more personal research regarding Peter Stark, his exceedingly adventurous and exploratory personality leads one to establish trust for the validity in the tales he tells. Altogether, Stark found a way to make his writing both informative and captivating to the reader while nearly eliminating any or all questionability through his strong use of