Laskin’s Writing Choice The “Children’s Blizzard” by David Laskin is an incredibly well written and detailed book. Laskin’s writing is very unique and includes many graphic and medical details. Laskin probably wrote the book in this way to show a new perspective and to give the audience more knowledge. He writes it in a scientific way to help show exactly what is happening with the boys emotions, what is cognitively happening in their brains, and how their body is affected inside and out. “Below 87 degrees, they began to lose grip on reality. They ceased to know or care that they were cold. They gave up looking for shelter. Hallucinations and delusions set in. Starved of oxygen, unhinged by stress and fatigue, the brain fabricates its own