Montage

While looking for an example of a montage essay, I came across this one by Sunny Woan.

In this essay, she describes two different experiences of when she travels to Beijing to visit her Grandfather's house. Her Beijing is very different than the one portrayed in the media.

This essay is important to look at because it shows what a montage essay should do. A montage essay is a steam of different events in the writers life. Writers sometimes get in trouble trying to add too many experiences in their essays. Sometimes the main idea of their essay becomes clouded.

The key to creating a successful montage essay is focus. Woan does this because her two different experiences are relevant to the main point she is trying to describe. When writing a montage essay, the writer must ask themselves what the main point is and if the experiences describe that point.