Part one of term paper
In her book, You Just Don't Understand, Deborah Tannen makes many arguments about how men and women act and what they want to hear in conversation. These examples help the reader grasp Tannen's ideas and arguments and make the book more interesting and easier to relate to. In order to support her arguments, Tannen uses many examples that gi ...

Part two of term paper
... she took it to a photography store to get it fixed. The salesperson was not successful in opening the screw, so he showed her how she can take pictures without the light meter (64). In this case, Tannen's source is herself. This could have a great effect on the interpretation and create a bias. One can not know what was going on in the salesperson's mind. By providing her own evidence in an example, Tannen limits some of her open-mindedness and replaces it with bias. The context of this e ...