Chuck Klosterman Analysis

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Chuck Klosterman is renown because of his unique style in writing. This author takes risks in what he writes and he does not follow a template that is commonly used as he really tries to make his writing one-of-a-kind by being very open minded and making assertions that are non-conforming to what people want to hear. This style of writing embodies a type of man that is not afraid to take risks and gets his ideas across in a very unique and interesting way. In "What We Talk about When We Talk about Ralph Sampson" by Klosterman, he depicts the idea that celebrities and their pay does not match the kind of work that they are put through as they are taken advantage of by getting under-payed. He speaks about Brittney Spears and says that “[He would …show more content…

For example, a thing that I noticed was Klosterman’s unique way of viewing things as he states that Germans think Americans are “retarded.” This is explained because of how Americans laugh a lot and this in sorts makes them goofy. In Klosterman’s writing, it seems like very interesting and unexpected ideas are analyzed and then written but they vary in importance and they kind of seem like fun facts rather than real research that is reliable and furthermore beneficial. In “Through a Glass, Blindly,” Klosterman speaks about television and the fact that people would not be interested if they knew the people they watched knew they were being watched. This is peculiar but an ideal that seems true because people seek entertainment and therefore they look for new ways that is fun to see and experience new things. In “The Passion of Garth,” Klosterman states different shows and produced projects and how they have come about throughout the past few years. These indirectly correlate because they all talk and depict various ideas that are related to the arts and they do so in a way where Klosterman is stating facts and this impacts one because aficionados of the particular topics are excited and can relate to the significance that it had to become a

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