Sarajevo 1

"What ever made him think he could pass off a baby as a journalist? I wondered. But I said nothing. I needed his flak jacket." --Christopher Merrill, page 294 in Writing Creative Nonfiction

This passage is a good example of how thoughts can be blurred into a narrative, just like in real life, when we are living the moments. We don't see our thoughts in italics or quotes. And I loved the last line "I needed his flak jacket," because that's exactly how we think; we always have our physical needs at the back of our minds, just being surpressed, but always there. The immediacy and realness of this piece made me want to read more. Merrill tells his thoughts only sometimes, and never focuses too much on himself. He only presents what was going on, and it makes the reader feel like a part of the action. He makes effective use of intertwining different stories and histories together to keep the piece moving forward and interesting, without making the reader feel overloaded with information.