“2 Jobs at Sugar Factory, and a Lump in the Throat” by Vivian Yee does a great job of profiling Robert Shelton. Yee didn’t use the often approached method of waiting to introduce the subject matter, in this case, Mr. Shelton. In fact, his first and last names are the first words in the article, I’m sure many impatient readers appreciated that. The profile is thorough and balanced in my opinion. To exemplify this, one could simply take a look at the article. Yee begins by speaking on the issue at hand, the closing of Kara Walker’s installation, and how its correlated with Mr. Shelton’s many experiences at the Sugar Factory. She then uses that as a platform to take us through the years of Mr. Shelton’s life at the time he was working at the Sugar factory, while simultaneously conveying details of his life (i.e. where he lived, his abusive stepfather, his three jobs). Overall, this profile is an exemplary piece.