After I read both "Finding Your Voice" and "The Sound of Your Voice," two different chapters from two different books, they seemed pretty different. But, they do have things that are alike about each other also.
One major thing that is similar in them is they're both about finding your voice. Also, they each say that it's okay to imitate other writers. "The Sound of Your Voice" says to "Never hesitate to imitate another writer." In "Finding Your Voice," it says, "It helped me see that it is natural to take on someone else's style, that it's a prop that you use for a while until you give it back." Also, they both use the term props. As I said previously, "Finding Your Voice" talked about someone else's voice as a prop you use temporarily. In "The Sound of Your Voice," however, the writer says that "the tools of grammar" are props that the reader both needs, and even if they might not realize it, wants. Finally, both writers mention their students, and what their students learn about writing while in class.
While the basic themes of these pieces of writing are the same, they are taught in very different ways. "Finding Your Voice," for example, uses a lot of metaphors like diving through the ice into the cold water. This symbolizes not writing just about the good things, but also including the bad, forbidden, and mysterious parts of life. The writer also says that you need to open up forbidden doors to find your true voice, which has a similar message. "The Sound of Your Voice," however, talks about voice by using three categories that cheapen the tone of your voice: breeziness, condescension, and clichés. He uses other writings as examples to give a better picture of what he is trying to say.
It is obvious that these pieces are written very differently. They do, however, teach the reader a lot about voice, and I found both to be very important and useful.
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