Journal #8

Sarah Hawkins did a great job on the Elvis Costello piece. It’s obvious that the entire paper was a review. Not only did it state in the beginning "Sarah Hawkins wrote this review/re-evaluation..." but also the writing style was similar to an evaluation type of paper. Hawkins starts off with a specific idea/topic. The center of her review was on My Aim Is True, which I believe is an album. But throughout her review she compares many other albums or individual songs but always returns to her main point, which is the original album. She gives us an idea of what Elvis's other songs are like in comparison to My Aim Is True. I believe a reason Hawkins likes Elvis is because he is honest. It is a nice change of pace for her. In his albums, Elvis puts down his shield and lets the audience in on the real man behind the voice. His albums talk about real issues in his life and lets his audience know that he is an ordinary person too. So in a sense, it all ties together but I guess honesty and believing that these artist are people like you and mean is soothing in a way. I could see how Sarah Hawkins would be attracted to his music.