At first this reading was extremely tricky and I had a hard time trying to understand what the author was trying to say. I think the ideas of the author are great in regards to trying to understand the deeper idea of “silence”. Before I read this article I would of defined silence as absolutely nothing. After reading this I understand how much silence really can be. “For it is the silence that is doing the speaking" (17). When I first read this I instantly thought, how can silence be the one that is doing the speaking?
Silence within our texts is explaining things that are physically not there. It is necessary for us to look deep into what we are reading and truly try to get the “deeper” meaning. If we are not one of those people who looks deeper into what the texts are actually trying to say then we never will truly understand what the author is saying. But, then I wonder, even if we do look deeper into the text and find that “silence”, then how do we know if what we think is what the author thinks? I think it is very interesting this idea of silence, and it makes me really curious because how do these authors get across their ideas through texts, but yet say what they want but not physically with print.
Silence, within a text is truly the meaning and idea that the author is trying to say but they don’t want to give it to us that easily. I never realized until this reading how much someone could understand through just reading the sentence again and looking deeper into the “silence”.
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You make a great point about the relationship between what is said by the author and what is subsequently interpreted by the reader. It does seem like a contradiction the whole silence with speech concept, but tomorrow's class should help you understand better. Also be careful with your word length and make sure you meet the 300 word minimum. You can easily do this by elaborating on some of the examples you provide or even relate the material to DeSaussure or anything outside the classroom.
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