Up, Simba

When Wallace's writing style is compared to what he was talking about in the article, they show to be very similar to each other. It seemed as though he was selling the reader to like McCain as he passionatly describe his time as a POW. This passage is writin in a very informal way as some of the sentences run on and on. It feels as if he writes the same way as he talks and says things like "knifed in the nuts" in stead of using a more apropriate word. Also, he keeps telling the reader to "imagine" for yourself. He does all this to be more personal toward the reader. Wallace wants us to feel closer to him as he describes the facts of the event so that they seem more believable (i'm not saying they are not). When he tells us to imagine, he puts us in McCain's situation to sympathize with more. This writing style really conveys the reader's feelings towards what happened to McCain.