Voices, Voices Everywhere After being told that her boyfriend had cheated on her, Marsha came to a realization that she had always expected to one day have to make: that is, the decision to end her relationship with Bobby, because she suspected she could never commit to a monogamous relationship. She previously dismissed her concerns about Bobby's faithfulness after concluding that her "concerns" were just another example of her own insecurity. Maybe his father was right; maybe Bobby would never commit. “The only way the cat will come home is if it is neutered,” she would say in her stern, matter-of-fact voice. She had resented her father's advice at the time, but now she realized that he was probably right; Bobby wouldn't commit. He advised her to break up with Bobby, but she didn't because she was in love... she had loved him... she still loved him. How could he ever forget the "good times" they had together? The tender caresses, his hairy, muscular arms, the long passionate nights, and..."Ion! Why do you write this tacky nonsense?""Grandpa, it's not what it seems. I don't write these things because I want to! I'm writing it for a course." "Oh, I see. And what class is it? Is it a class on how to write a cheap, sappy romance?" write a short piece of fiction in an attempt to demonstrate that a writer can write from many perspectives without actually having experienced the trials and tribulations that his or her characters experience. ""What is this 'his' rubbish? When did you have the operation? Hey, that would explain the topic of your 'short story.'" Voices. We hear them every day when we watch television, r...... middle of paper ...... hit the man in the head with anything. What I would say then is that we have affinities with certain voices, which we come to realize through experience, and that those voices for which we feel an intrinsic attraction are our "real selves" expressing "themselves" . ," I would suggest looking for "voices" in the texts. We should listen to the naive child, the malcontent, the self-righteous pedantic (that's me!), the belligerent father, and a whole host of other voices that an author might use in his or her writing, because it is these voices that are what truly make up the “voice” and, assuming he is writing honestly, his “self.” By looking at the different voices in a text, we increase our ability to understand and appreciate the author's work, because we are aware of the plurality of voices that we have kept in our "mental containers".."