Can beauty transcend at an inconvenient time? In the article, "Pearls Before Breakfast", Gene Weingarten, a writer for the Washington Post, analyses an experiment conducted by the publication to determine whether busy commuters at the popular metro station L 'Enfant Plaza notice a world-renowned musician, in this case Joshua Bell, be playing some of the world 's greatest written music on one of the most valuable violins ever. The article received the highest accolade an article can receive and that 's the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Gene Weingarten known both for his humorous style as well as his serious style in writing received the National Society of Newspaper Columnists ' Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award.
In the article, "Pearls Before Breakfast", Gene Weingarten narrates an experiment that was conducted by The Washington Post that centers on an internationally renowned musician named Joshua Bell who is tasked to perform a variety of the world 's best musical pieces in front of daily commuters at on of the busiest metro stations. The experiment sets out to prove how ignorant people can be as well as decide whether people give any significance to art when it 's staring at them. The author implicitly tells us about the ignorance of people and sort of poses it as a question directed at the
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In the article, "Pearls Before Breakfast", Gene Weingarten presents his observation in a narrative style, which is centered on a poignant example that encapsulates the entirety of the article. The author employs a number of supportive strategies throughout the article and what 's most evident in the introduction is his use of direct observation. Beginning with an intriguing hook, Weingarten expertly grasps the reader attention by describing the setting with very meticulous detail in an attempt to give the reader a more personal perception of the place and the crowd that fills it as well as a description of the protagonist of the experiment and his role in the