Paragraph 1
Summary: This is where we hear what the photographer was thinking and his actions on taking the photos.
Role: To set the setting and the tone of The Boston Paragraphs.
Paragraph 2
Summary: Describes the scene from beginning to end, how the woman and child were in the process of being saved but took a fall has the fire escape collapsed.
Role: Introduction to the horrific scenes.
Paragraph 3
Summary: The pictures were taken by Stanley Forman, and then circulated over 400 newspapers in the United States.
Role: To show the widespread of the horrific pictures and show the irony of how the scene was depicted.
Paragraph 4
Summary:Although the scene was a scene of horror, it was still a perfect example of photo journalism at its most spectacular.
Role:An opinion that even though despite the horrible incident it can still be considered something good for photo journalism.
Paragraph 5
Summary: Various newspapers anticipate the response of angry readers towards the pictures, but some supported the fact that the pictures were published.
Role:Another opinion in which that some people had fought about the pictures being in newspapers but that it actually raised awareness about living conditions in similar areas.
Paragraph 6
Summary: The Washington post received 70 calls in protest of the pictures and Seib an ombudsman for the Washington Post wrote in a column that that was the biggest response he has seen to a publication in the whole time working there.
Role:This paragraph gives the audiences perspective of the event being published, they were appalled.
Paragraph 7
Summary:Although the editors of the post had the complete opposite reactions to the pictures they knew they represented something greater than just the event that took place.
Role: This gives the other perspective, the perspective of the editor and how they used the photos to raise the awareness.
Paragraph 8
Summary:Here Seib evaluates the morality of the pictures, agreeing on both sides that if he was the editor he would've ran the pictures but as a reader Seib was appalled.
Role:Combining both perspectives into one in the eyes of Seib, shows the reader that there is certain conflicts depending on the position one is in.
Paragraph 9
Summary: Seib concludes his point, emphasizing that an editor must have had asked himself before publishing the photos and if not he'd need to reevaluate his purpose in the eyes of the reader.
Role: This paragraph concludes the previous views showing that the editor has to have his audience in mind when publishing.
Paragraph 10
Summary:If the outcome of the scene pictured in The Boston Paragraphs was different, such as the woman living or the baby dying instead, the reactions of the masses would have changed even though the pictures stayed the same.
Role:This adds to the theme that a picture has a thousand words and once you know what it means it will instill a reaction on the audience.
Paragraph 11
Summary: Although many valid points were raised about the mass' reaction, a prominent factor surfaces that death is always censored because of these reactions.
Role:This shows the reader that there is a bigger element at play, the censorship of death which shifts the tone.
Paragraph 12
Summary:Seib disagrees on the fact that the newspaper does not print the photos of death, death is one of life's main events and why not show them.
Role:A proposition on why death should not be censored from making an appearance in photos on the news.
Paragraph 13
Summary:The writer concludes that the pictures are not there to teach the readers a lesson but because they are breathtaking pictures of an actual event.
Role:This conclusion ties in all the previous paragraphs into one, explaining the true how's and why's of the photos making an appearance on the post.
