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The profile I read was “Roger Ebert: The Essential Man,” written by Chris Jones for Esquire. I think Jones’ angle for the profile was to describe Ebert’s life after his battle with thyroid cancer and to show that although he lost his physical voice, Ebert still had a voice through his writing. 

I felt Jones use of descriptions of Ebert’s life after the surgeries were effective because he provided details on how Ebert had adapted after the surgeries and used written notes and a laptop to speak for him. Therefore, every time a quote from Ebert appeared it was always on the back of my mind that he could not physically speak that.

This made the quotes more impactful while also showing his voice still existed.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a6945/roger-ebert-0310/