Close Reading #1, Danbee Jeong
At the end of text, it says “Lawyers are arguing that his inaccurate statement was caused by fear, mistrust, and confusion.” However, a lot of people have questioned this saying. From the 11st paragraph to the 23th paragraph explains the moment and the situation of Martin’s death, and what makes the causation about his death.
At the paragraph 13th, when the dispatcher figured out if Zimmerman was following Martin, the dispatcher told Zimmerman “we don’t need you to do that.” Based on this paragraph, one situation can be imagined. What if Zimmerman did not follow him? If Zimmerman had not followed him, Zimmerman would not have met Martin, and eventually, Martin would not have been died.
After those paragraphs, the point of article moves from what happen at the moment to what Zimmerman explains in order to claim his innocence.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/18/justice/florida-teen-shooting-details/index.html
You are calling our attention to some really interesting details in the case. As a close reading post, I’m not one hundred percent sure which method you’re using. I think part of what is tripping me up is that you might be treating the article and the list of headlines as one big article. I say this b/c you refer to a 23rd paragraph, but the article describing the events around Martin’s death does not have that many paragraphs. Because you are tracking things through the paragraphs, I think perhaps you are using t he follow the trail the method? Either way what I would like to see you do in the future is more clearly tell me the type of literary device (or authorial choice) you will focus on and then why.