Sometimes I look around me seeing all these people who could easily start a conversation. When people say it is very easy to speak what you want but have you thought of the consequences. Today I will be introducing you to two authors Mary Donovan Turner ,and Mary Lin Hudson from finding women’s voice in preaching and our other author who is Malcolm Hill from Children’s Voices on Ways of Having a Voice who will be telling us about the struggles of a person not voicing their opinion; it could be both young and adults. To understand how a person loses their voice some authors might use pathos, logos and personal experience on this matter. 

We’ll start with how both authors structured their work. The first one we’re going to take a look at is Malcolm Hill’s work. His topic was about Children’s voice on ways of having a voice. In this book he stated based on the research he did, kids can have their own opinion but compared to the adults they keep their mouth shut. It has a more of an informative tone where he talks about the outcome of his research and why children don’t have a voice sometimes. What he noticed is children only respond when an adult asks them to. The author had a structure where he first used logos to explain the way children communicate is a lot different than adults which is why at first it takes time to understand what they want. Malcom Hill also described “how difficult it was to obtain a children’s perspective since the pattern of a child speaking is different compared to an adult”(Malcom Hill). From reading this I realize we don’t really pay attention to what children really think. 

Let’s take a look at the second authors we’ll be reviewing Mary Donovan Turner ,and Mary Lin Hudson to be saved to silence. Unlike Malcolm’s work they talked about how a lost woman is when her voice is silent. The tone they gave is more of a serious tone. the topic itself isn’t lighthearted when they talk about how a woman loses themselves over time. In chapter 6 the author uses Pathos to pull people in by having us look at just how a women’s wings torn by the chains that held them. By the words they used “you feel like you saw that women felt being trapped in an isolated room forgetting who they once were” (Mary Donovan Turner ,and Mary Lin Hudson). What is similar about these to articles is how they both go into depth on how the atmosphere around them shapes them into having a voice. However this subject was different, one as children and the other as an adult. 

Why don’t we talk about the inventions of both authors? In Malcolm Hill’s book he said that a lot of the time the atmosphere around the children can give them a different perspective on having a voice. This has to due with personal experience here the children learned it best not to speak when this type of event has occurred. It proves my point “when they are faced with a group of strangers they would barely talk because they weren’t comfortable”.(Malcolm Hill) This is the cause and effect here. The cause of this is the child was being sat next to people they didn’t know. The outcome of this would  be they wouldn’t communicate with each other like they lost their voice because they weren’t comfortable to be the first one to do so. 

The second authors Mary Donovan Turner ,and Mary Lin Hudson idea of a voice is a lot more different. The main point of their book would be why a woman loses their voice which is the cause. This book is comparing modern times and the New testament . During that time women have already lost their voice for centuries because what they were taught, they used a metaphor in the book explaining people can’t find out women have their own thoughts. The effect of this would be how the author explains as a woman you should never abandon your voice, sure it might seem like nothing but the moment you throw it away you lose something to defend yourself. In this personal experience the author has told us many times the struggles of women thinking a voice is nothing but it the only thing a woman could use to fight back.

both of these books are link to my memory in different ways. For the first one about children’s finding a voice it has to do with the fact children will be affected by what’s around how they choose to use that voice when they have someone to agree with or an adult has given permission. That was me when I was younger. I always want to agree with my friends thinking this is the best way to fit in. or in saved from silence they said “There’s a struggle for lost of voice or to authorize”.(Mary Donovan Turner ,and Mary Lin Hudson). I would say it kind of does link to me as I grew older I realize losing a voice is a lot more serious than it looks. You can voice your own opinion on this matter.

Based on both books alone I can say each of them were both focusing on a voice but their main focus is completely different. Each author demonstrated that a voice can still be there, it is just that we need to learn how to use it properly with the correct guides, otherwise the person who is struggling might think it better to close the voice that helps them. The respective authors had a different way of telling their topic one is through analysis while the other look over at society and comparing it to before to see how much has it changed.