Chapter five "And Yet" of the book ‘They say I say’ by Gerald Graff
Chapter five "And Yet" of the book ‘They say I say’ by Gerald Graff highlights that a reader can be able to know when the author is expressing his own views versus those of another person. In this regard, Julie Charlip in the article “A Real Class Act: Searching for Identity in the Classless Society”, uses several methods to signal when she is expressing her own views versus when she is airing and summarizing the views of other people. For instance, in the beginning, she indicates that “Marx and Engels wrote”. Here she identifies that these are the views of the two people and not her own. Additionally, she also puts quotation marks to what the two authors have said. Her own views can be seen where she disagrees with what the two authors have said.
The author’s use of ‘I’
The author’s use of ‘I’ is also indicative of her opinion. She uses ‘I’ when she is airing her own views thus signaling to the reader and making it clear what her thoughts are and what the thoughts of another author are. This way, the audience will not confuse her thoughts and those of other authors. Another instance she distinguishes her voice from another author is when she states that “In my days as a newspaper reporter”. The reader can clearly see that she is the one speaking here and thus become aware that it is her own thoughts that are highlighted at that juncture. Furthermore, at another point Julie starts a sentence with “His definition”, indicating that this is the thought of another author. This is clear for the reader who is keen and observant, to see when Julie expresses her thoughts versus when she writes the thoughts of another individual.
Work Cited
Charlip, Julie A. "A real class act: Searching for identity in the'classless' society." (1995).
