Learning How to Write a Feature Profile Part 2 

300 word response 

Dave Hyde's Feature starts off with a setting for his lead. Gisondi says that it is important for there to be a setting because you need to put the person in a physical location to help the reader understand what they are reading. Jake Scott is then described before our introduction to him. Gisondi says your main character (Jake Scott) needs to be fully developed or your reader could get bored or not understand your story, so Hyde's when introducing Jake Scott starts be giving a description of what he looks like and a bit of background on his life. The reporter in the story offers all the events that took place while with Jake Scott, with little details to help relate the story to its main focus. The voice of the reporter is definitely in the story but not so much that it will take away from the story, for example before he meats Jake he adds his own dialogue when he says he is "A writer from florida" when talking to to the man in the driveway. Gisondi says this is okay to do as long as you don't interject yourself into the story. You do not make yourself the main focus because the feature profile is about the character you choose, and David Hyde's does a good job making it not about him.  The news angle was about Jake Scott and what he has been doing with his life as well as clearing up stories that may or may not be true about him.  This feature profile also has a beginning, middle an end like Gisondi recommends.