Roger Ebert

When writing a profile, a writer must be sure to not only capture what a person allows the world to see, but also who the person is on the inside. Chris Jones was able to do that in his profile,  Roger Ebert: The Essential Man. Chris Jones gives emphasis on how Mr. Ebert communicates without his oratory skills and his emotions towards the loss of his communication. The reader comes to learn that it can be very frustrating for Mr. Ebert, which is what makes Jones’ representation so amazing. It’s as if he extracted himself from the experience and focused solely on the trials and tribulations that form the life of Roger Ebert. By extracting himself from the narrative, Jones is able to give Ebert something that had been suddenly taken from him. As Gabrielle eloquently put it, he was able to capture the true voice of Roger Ebert by strategically using his own.