Whose Voice is it Anyway?

Read Ann Ruggles Gere's article (chapter 2)  "Whose Voice Is It Anyway?"     Write a new blog entry.  Represent her argument and what you find most compelling about it.  Identify what you'd like the class to focus on in response to the essay, and pose a question for discussion.  Post your blog entry by 10 a.m. Thursday morning.


Gere's argument is that a person's voice is made up of multiple influences from people. These influences prove to not only shape a person's voice (both physically and contextually) but also can help to give voice to other people.

I think her argument was interesting but not very compelling because her presentation was muddled. I wasn't sure what I was reading, as it started personal then jumped then had references from literature, some parts without much contribution to her argument.


I found her last quote of Their Eyes Were Watching God very telling and for Gere answers the question: can you tell someone else's story properly? And my question for class is: can you?

Another point of note is the Coles and Vote's quote on page 32.