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A 3 page essay that examines the writing style of John McPhee in his books Oranges and The Pine Barrens. In these texts, McPhee picks one topic that is as common as grass and one that is so esoteric that most people --outside of New Jersey--have never heard of it. He reports on both in a friendly, conversational style that seems to say to his readers, "This is really interesting" and, largely due to his writing style, readers agree with this assessment. No additional sources cited.
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is so esoteric that most people --outside of New Jersey--have never heard of it. He reports on both in a friendly, conversational style that seems to say to his readers,
"This is really interesting" and, largely due to his writing style, readers agree with this assessment. McPhees style is to jump right into his topic, no preliminaries about how
he became interested in the topic or how the book came about. To do that would be focusing on himself as a writer, which McPhee obviously does not think is
very interesting. He is interested in his topic and assumes the reader is also. For example, Oranges begins with the observation that "The Custom of drinking orange juice with breakfast
is not very widespread, taking the world as a whole" (Oranges 3). From this start, McPhee goes on to enthusiastically describe the orange-eating or juice-drinking customs in various parts
of the world. For instance, he states that "Bolivians dont touch it (orange juice) at breakfast time, but they drink it steadily for the rest of the day" (Oranges 3).
Facts about oranges bombard the reader and, before the reader quite realizes what has happened, oranges have becoming a fascinating topic. One way that McPhee makes the topic of
oranges fascinating is the way in which he describes customs. He does so lyrically, briefly, but in perfect context with the cultures they represent. For example, he states that "A
Frenchman sits at the dinner table, and, as the finishing flourish to the meal, slowly and gently disrobes an orange" (Oranges 5). Who knew that oranges could be sexy?
Keeping up his steamroller-like momentum, McPhee is able to switch his focus without missing a beat, as he takes the reader from orange-eating habits smoothly into the history of oranges.
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