So are they?

Even my first impressions of "Stunt Pilot" were proved correct. The title gave it away -- I do not think the Stunt Pilot is an essay, it seems more like a literary narrative rather than an author's work trying to prove something. Annie Dillard goes through her story and uses adjectives often and her story basically describes her experience as if she is a journalist. Ali in Havana IS written by a journalist. It is in the same tone of writing and it follows the same pattern. Although it is not as story-like as Stunt Pilot, it still is given in a sense of story-telling. Journalistic writing is very similar to narrative in that journalists try to tell a story without being involved in it, they try making it seem as if you are there. I do not know whether there is a point trying to be made by this assignment but to my current views and standards, none of these works so far seem to be an actual essay. Although essays do not always have to be analytical, I still am critical of these pieces being essays.