3 Directions of Star Eater


            The author, Finkel, makes this reading personable through using conversational techniques and rhetoric questions. In situations where he could just tell the reader the details about the black hole, he involves the reader and putting them in a hypothetical situation. For example, when he talks about an object passing through the black hole, not only does he say what happens, but he says if you were to pass through it, you wouldn’t know if a black hole is endless because you wouldn’t live for the whole time. This definitely intrigues the reader because the author is not only dumping information in an article, but including the reader in the appropriate situations.
            This whole reading based on facts and the history of black holes, aka “star eaters.” He slowly goes through the history and the findings by several scientists, focusing on Albert Einstein since he was a significant contributor to Physics. He then later compares his conclusions to other scientists and their contributions, saying if they agree with Einstein or not. By doing this, Finkel confirms that time is gravity and buttresses his finding with Einstein’s trials. Furthermore, Finkel provides details about the size, characteristics, and the consequences of a black hole. He elaborates on this by relating it to us once again: he makes a hypothetical situation if the sun or Earth became a black hole and states what happens if it were to happen.
            Lastly, even though this topic is very specific, he makes this situation universal. Black holes don’t really affect us, but the manner in which he informs us makes us interested by describing what would happen if there were to be one near us. Just like what I said earlier, he illustrates what would occur if we were in black hole, or if any of the space objects near us would be a black hole. He states that even black holes are notorious for sucking everything in their path, if the sun were to become a black hole, the Earth’s orbit wouldn’t change because the mass of it would be the same. Moreover, Earth would be cold and dark since there wouldn’t be a light source for the planet to warm up.

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