Blog #1: Dentists without borders

David Sedaris's essay, "Dentists without Borders", is a characteristic of creative nonfiction by being true but told through the authors view and memory of the experience. His words give you an image of what happened, "a painted scene". The essay follows into the creative nonfiction genre because of the way the author presents it. The words he chooses and the information he shares. When classifying this essay in terms of sub genre, I would classify the essay as a portrait because Sedaris's is describing and giving us an image of his dentists through his own eyes. He gives us some background information in his own voice. For example when he mentions Dr. Barras having a sick mother and a cat name Andy. We also get an understanding of how Sedaris sees these people and their relationship.