Pearl Before Breakfast Analysis
“If a great musician plays great music but no one hears it, was he really any good?” (Weingarten, 2007) as Weingarten says in his article ‘Pearls before Breakfast’. An unbiased opinion described well within the narrations of the article allow the reader to understand the situation from various point of views and also recognize the reality regarding priorities of our current generation relating to beauty and art.
The article posted in the Washington Post described the situation of a famous violinist, Joshua Bell, who performed famous classical pieces in the rush hour at the L’Enfant Plaza Station. The article used examples and opinions from bystanders who both enjoyed or ignored Bell to implicitly conclude that more often than not people do …show more content…
However, the experiment that was performed did not necessarily classify as a scientific one so various experts in different fields of arts were called in for help; a most prominent example of which is Leonard Slatkin. There was also a careful elaboration on the idea of comparing an action within the narrative of the experiment to another, easily understandable art form. Expert opinion taken from Mark Leithauser, an art curator, added another level of perspective for the audience to easily grasp the situation of Joshua Bell as he anonymously performed at the Plaza Station. Moreover, implicit evidence in the form of quotes from famous philosophers such as Leibniz and Kant were incorporated in the article to elaborate on the ideas behind the reaction of the audience present at the …show more content…
In the web article there are many places between paragraphs where the author puts in video evidence showing the reader of the article the happenings that took place on the day of the experiment. Besides visually supporting the debate, Weingarten also quoted most of the people who either stopped to pay attention to Bell during his performance or did not stop at all just so the reader understands the reasoning behind recognition or ignorance revolving around Bells’ genius display of beauty in
The article posted in the Washington Post described the situation of a famous violinist, Joshua Bell, who performed famous classical pieces in the rush hour at the L’Enfant Plaza Station. The article used examples and opinions from bystanders who both enjoyed or ignored Bell to implicitly conclude that more often than not people do …show more content…
However, the experiment that was performed did not necessarily classify as a scientific one so various experts in different fields of arts were called in for help; a most prominent example of which is Leonard Slatkin. There was also a careful elaboration on the idea of comparing an action within the narrative of the experiment to another, easily understandable art form. Expert opinion taken from Mark Leithauser, an art curator, added another level of perspective for the audience to easily grasp the situation of Joshua Bell as he anonymously performed at the Plaza Station. Moreover, implicit evidence in the form of quotes from famous philosophers such as Leibniz and Kant were incorporated in the article to elaborate on the ideas behind the reaction of the audience present at the …show more content…
In the web article there are many places between paragraphs where the author puts in video evidence showing the reader of the article the happenings that took place on the day of the experiment. Besides visually supporting the debate, Weingarten also quoted most of the people who either stopped to pay attention to Bell during his performance or did not stop at all just so the reader understands the reasoning behind recognition or ignorance revolving around Bells’ genius display of beauty in