Very Disappointed, Article Review Example

Although the author of “Very Disappointed” makes it clear that the passage is about a negative experience with using a beauty product, the background information that is used to build up to this purpose is misleading. A majority of the first paragraph causes the reader to believe that subject of the essay will be concerning a day off of work or school due to sickness, describing how the author feels. The “turning point” in the story needs to be better developed because it does not stand alone. Rather, the reader believes that this is a minute detail of the story, but it ends up becoming the theme of the remainder of the essay. There is not a balance of scene and summary, and a majority of this description appears to be scene, mirroring the author’s thoughts. Although the author provides a reason that this event impacts her today, the relationship between beauty and false advertising seems to not have been supported by what was explained in the story. However the author’s perspective is clear; before using the acne cream, she was willing to purchase products with trust and after using the product she became more skeptical of advertised product’s efficacy.

It is clear who the characters are and where the narrative takes place. The main character is the girl who bought the acne cream, and supporting characters are the actors with clear skin. A majority of the narrative takes place at the author’s home. The author’s narrative technique is following her own thought process and actions throughout this event, and this engages me as a reader because it allows me to understand what led to her want for acne cream. However, the author should include more details in this scene, such as dialogue from the television commercial in order to engage the readers, because it is difficult to remain interested by continuing with one narrative technique. The claim inferred from the writer’s narrative is that advertised beauty products are not always effective as advertising makes them seem to be. This illustrates a larger point of human existence because many people fall for false advertising and should be wary.