Online article review: 'Mind the Gap' (2012) by Zadie Smith.

For today's blog post I am diving back into a review. This time I am reviewing Zadie Smith's article 'Mind the Gap' (2012) that she did for Guernica Magazine. The whole article is about reporting on schools around the world in an essence. What I liked about the article was how she detailed her visit with the charity Oxfam to Liberia and how that different things can be to a person's own life. Seeing how different people live is fascinating because sometimes it can make you think about how lucky you are with your own life.

The other thing that I liked was this style of ‘non-professional reportage’¹ as she mentioned. Normally the news is filled with headline stories that are there to shock or grab attention, often being stuff that news companies deem important for people to know. However, sometimes I find that news companies do not always publish or broadcast news without being bias and often miss things on purpose. To see something like this is refreshing. Further to this, there are various articles from ‘the four corners of the world’², all written by various authors. There are articles based on Haiti, Palestine and other places with all the links to the articles in the Writers Bloc series provided at the bottom of the article.

Zadie Smith's article is a fascinating read which I enjoyed. I am giving it a 9/10.


Until next time,


Thomas.


Footnotes:

¹ Zadie Smith, "Mind the Gap" Guernica Magazine, January 15th 2012, Mind the Gap – Guernica.
² Smith, "Mind the Gap".


Bibliography:

Smith, Zadie. "Mind the Gap". Guernica Magazine. January 15th 2012. Mind the Gap – Guernica.

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