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Paper 2 final

The concept of voice

Voice is the style that makes an author’s writing his or her own, a unique quality that characterizes speech and thought pattern, a visible aspect of one’s character that may or may not impress others. Writers like Dickens, Orwell, and Faulkner all have a very intimidating technique of narrative but all share an incomparable way of voice.

Personality is a characteristic that defines or molds an individual; however, personality in writing becomes its own separate character based on the writer. Through a person’s writing the reader(s) are able to understand the writers thoughts, concerns, or ideas of that particular person but the reader does not become fully aware of that person’s complete personality; the quality or condition that helps complete a person. Depending on the type of writing the writer develops a certain characteristic to form an argument choosing to write in a certain style in which the piece may best fit and suite that particular type of writing.

Various types of writing include: compare and contrast essays, cause and effect, descriptions, narrations, persuasive essays and process analysis. A writer may explore between these types of writing, changing the environment, but the style in which they are familiar remains the same. George Orwell, a well known essayist and author of fictional narratives, like 1984 and Animal Farm, makes transitions between his political essays and narratives of fiction but keeps his unique style of voice. A reader familiar with his writing instantly recognizes the writing simply from the style and technique of Orwell.

The next two paragraphs are an imitation of a passage from Frankfurt’s, “On Truth,” a matter in which he tackles the nature of love and devotion. By keeping the same idea of Frankfurt the style of the piece changes but the content remains the same.

When a person apprehends in a emotion through their senses or mind they discover an underlining effect -- which is, when a person encounters a person or object the effects trigger bodily changes and motivate joyful behavior; Spinoza believes that the person becomes incapable of avoiding love for that particular person or object. He believes that the want of affection is the effect of love. It is the response(s) given to the person or object that causes one to happy. Based on his understanding, a person cannot ignore his/her affection towards an object that causes happiness and joy. This emotion is a positive affective aspect of consciousness and the cause for a person to persevere life and become more aware of themselves. There are several specific instances in which a person notices a degree of controlled thought or observation. People tend to react to affection in order to attain who they are, to uncover a self, and to take on a successful life without interfering or disrupting their primary characteristics.

On Spinoza’s belief of the eternal possibility of love, the strong affection and devotion a person expresses towards a person or object become the most highly cherished. These objects become the most evident and the most easily understood and become a possession that continues to be beneficial and pleasurable.

After completing this exercise I realized that my original idea of voice remained to be concentration of style but, while doing the imitation of Frankfurt it sometimes became hard to ignore his style of choice and I found that I had to restrain myself from changing the content of the passage. Although, I feel that this urge was only due to the fact that it was an exercise of imitation. It was just a reenactment of someone else’s thoughts put into my own words that fit my stylistic qualities of writing. If I were to engage in my own quest of “the meaning of love” I feel that my ideas about the subject may be quite different from Frankfurt but, my style of writing would not change. The writing becomes more recognizable to my readers and audience, identifying with my personality and style.

If content is the substance and focus of a paper then it only becomes the subject matter of thought, discourse or study; by determining its shape and appearance, the paper develops form which is, the manner or style of arranging and coordinating ideas for a satisfied and effective result. In achieving this structure and organization of ideas, the writers main focus is on his style of writing; developing a particular, distinctive characteristic of mode and technique and processing an orderly, logical and systematic way of presentation.