William Least Heat-Moon's From Blue Highways
William Least Heat-Moon writes “from Blue Highways” to persuade. Heat Moon organizes his travels into a story to persuade his audience. He spends his time driving across the United States, only taking the back roads on his map that are colored blue. Heat Moon almost always eats at a diner, and during one of his stops he makes small talk with a waitress about his road trips. “ I don't mind being scared spitless”, he informs the waitress when she questions how he has the audacity to travel solo (Heat-Moon 1058). Heat-Moon is hinting that traveling alone and stepping outside one's comfort zone is not as bad as it seems. After his conversation at the diner he gets back on the road, intending to drive to Nameless, Tennessee. On his way he speaks