The Sunday Times Magazine Investigative Piece: "The Monster In The Mirror"
The Investigative Piece from the Sunday Times Magazine is written by Yvonne Roberts and investigates the prolem of "Clinical Narcissism". Firstly, the writer introduces the problem of narcissism straight away, by introducing a woman whose husband is suffering and dealing with clinical narcissism: "Claire, is 47, a mother of two, and recently divorced [...] a friend studying to be a psychotherapist suggested she look up narcissism on the internet". With this example the reader is able to relate to the issue easier. The journalist offers a very good and indepth definition of the "narcissic personality disorder". She has very interesting and extremely relevant interviewees within her piece: people who have suffered from narcissism, people who are still suffering from it and in depth explanations from a doctor, Dr Alexander Lowen. The journalist even gives the reader the definition going back to the Greek Mythology. She has also incorporated a number of references and statistics from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders which makes the reader understand the problem effectively. She also uses "I" which shows that she got emotionally involved with the issue and gives a lot of emotion to the piece. I also thought the topic investigated was very interesting and gripping to read about. It is a new and fresh idea. I had never read anything on this subject before. A very informative piece.
The Investigative Piece from the Sunday Times Magazine is written by Yvonne Roberts and investigates the prolem of "Clinical Narcissism". Firstly, the writer introduces the problem of narcissism straight away, by introducing a woman whose husband is suffering and dealing with clinical narcissism: "Claire, is 47, a mother of two, and recently divorced [...] a friend studying to be a psychotherapist suggested she look up narcissism on the internet". With this example the reader is able to relate to the issue easier. The journalist offers a very good and indepth definition of the "narcissic personality disorder". She has very interesting and extremely relevant interviewees within her piece: people who have suffered from narcissism, people who are still suffering from it and in depth explanations from a doctor, Dr Alexander Lowen. The journalist even gives the reader the definition going back to the Greek Mythology. She has also incorporated a number of references and statistics from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders which makes the reader understand the problem effectively. She also uses "I" which shows that she got emotionally involved with the issue and gives a lot of emotion to the piece. I also thought the topic investigated was very interesting and gripping to read about. It is a new and fresh idea. I had never read anything on this subject before. A very informative piece.
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