Where do you see stumbling blocks for readers who might want to listen to this writer, but may be offended or put off? How could the writer “soften” these stumbling blocks? Should they?
Maybe some of the stumbling blocks in this article was that she said her friend Gina wasn’t there anymore. “My friend Gina is dead. I had just talked to her that morning in art class. We laughed together, we sang together, we smiled together. We will never do that again.” This may be offending to some people in a way because it may be a little “too much” for the reader and make them un-easy. And also, the writer mentioned a name, and that make people feel offended if they know who was mentioned in the article. This is a very traumatizing moment for these kids at the school, so it may be hard for them to “soften” these stumbling blocks, but maybe in a way be less descriptive and don’t say names of the people who died in this fatal attack, but there aren’t much ways they can soften these stumbling blocks.
