The best way to know a person is to
read one of his works; it could be a story, an essay, among others. The reason
is that each author has his own voice, which is the way he narrates the story,
and his own perspective in one topic or idea. The voice of the author is unique and makes
him different form the others, for example when you read a sentence or a
paragraph you can think in one specific author because of the manner the
paragraph is written.
During my English class, we make
an activity that consisted in listening to a classical song and write whatever
came to your mind, it could be a poem, a song or a story. After writing, the teacher read some of the
works and you can realize about the authors point of view and their voice. For
example the theme of love was treated by many students, but they were
different. While one was talking about love like a fairytale and all happiness of
being in love other was talking about deception and dissolve. Many of the stories my classmates wrote, where
based in their experiences or in the movies they have seen or in the books they
liked.
Finally, the knowledge that I
acquire in this activity was that each person have his own personality in their
writing. A writer will always write in the way he wants to read a story. For
example the way I write is informal, like if I were talking to the reader in
person, and that most of the time I make a long story or join some aspects in a
story. When I read a story I like that the author describe it to my like if he
was there, like if it was a movie. Another thing that I discovered in this
activity was that the writing in some ways reflects the emotional situation of
the writer. As conclusion you can learn many things about a person by reading
their ideas because they are a reflection of their personality, ideas and
behavior.
