Blog Post #4 - The Daily Telegraph

The article I read for this week was from the Daily Telegraph. The version I read was reprinted in the Vancouver Sun.

This article is about the memoirs of the last SS adjutant to Adolf Hitler. Historians believe that publishing the memoirs of Fritz Darges will remove any doubt over Hitler's personal involvement in the Holocaust. The rest of the article recounts Darges' life and how he became the adjutant of Hitler.

The first thing I learned from this article was the meaning of the word adjutant.

This story showed me how to write a story with a controversial topic and keep it balanced. Furthermore, this article is objective. With a controversial topic such as the Holocaust, the writer might intentionally or unintentionally decide to editorialize in the article. Instead, the writer maintains objectivity throughout the article only reporting the facts.

Also, following our discussion from the last class where we discussed proper use of quotes, I think this article is a good example of how to effectively use quotes in a story. The quotes used by the writer help to further the story without needlessly repeating elements previously written in the story. The quotes also help to provide context for the story from a different point of view than most people might be familiar with.