Comparing I. F. Stone And Sandra Lee Scheuer
I.F. Stone’s excerpt from the Akron Beacon Journal entitled The Killings at Kent State, briefly describes each of the four casualties of the Kent State shootings which took place on May 4, 1970. The article also includes a little bit of background information as well as the involvement, or lack of, that each of the victims had in the protests that provoked the incidences of that day. In contrast, Gary Geddes’ poetic rendition, entitled Sandra Lee Scheuer, highlights the life and innocence of just one victim as noted in the title. In addition, the news article, although also meant to convey the innocence of the victims, is entire factual evidence while Geddes’ poem borrows information from the article as well as implies ideas of his own in