Monday Post

Klass utilizes her mother and Mr. Eponym to show how much language effects her medical discourse community. Without the use of both people, one would be unable to understand the true role that language plays within the community. When Klass uses her mother to show her confusion about different medical things, the reader truly realizes the extent to which one must understand the language to be a part of the community. I, as a reader, related to Klass' mother. I did not know what all the medical jargon was when Klass was referring to it in her essay. Klass' mother is a good way to bring the reader into the writing because the reader can sympathize with what Klass' mother is going through. If the entire article were Klass and Mr. Eponym talking, it would not have the same meaning that it does now.