Jimmy Breslin Thoughts

Then post your response to Breslin's writing. What do you like? What do you not like? Is this stuff literature? What is literature? Is it journalism? What's journalism, for that matter? What do you think Breslin means when he says he's not a journalist, he's a reporter ... a reporter is a guy who works for a living ... what's the difference to you? Which would you rather read? Which would you rather write?

Well first of all I do agree that he is very opinionated. I like the way he writes, but I may not agree with what he writes. However, he speaks his mind and says what he feels, which I do like. You can see the passion he has in his writing as well, obviously he is VERY left winged. I do think the stuff is literature, because when I read it he seems to be telling a story. Even though he is opinionated he does have facts, even though I don't know how valid everything is. He does write very well though, with everything flowing in the few articles that I read. I do think he is a reporter more so than a journalist because he likes to give and list facts. The article that stuck out in my mind about the facts he was giving was "In case we all forgot, Americans are still dying in Iraq." In this he lists many names of people who served their country and died, with a little bit of information on each of them. Instead of giving numbers, he gives names and facts about people, which makes more of an impact than a statistic that people just seem to be numb to anymore. What he means by he works for a living is that he does do a lot of research it seems like to get these stories straight. I would rather read this style of writing because I like to feel a connection with the piece and I am not a big fan of statistics being thrown around. I would rather be like him, sticking to my opinions and not really caring what people think. However, he does back up his information with facts, and I like that. I like how he writes and reports, and I like his backbone for saying what he feels and believes in.