"Whose Voice is it Anyway?"

This passage explores the possibilities and strengths of authenticity and building of a relationship between personal experience and voice. Anne Ruggles Gere argues that the authenticity of voice can only be brought forth when put inn the context of other voices. A writer must be able to provide evidence of their story. The evidence can not only help them grow into their own voice but also restructure, rewrite and enhance their past to aid the their current story or argument.
The first pieces of evidence Gere uses alludes to two experiences she had in her youth: the first being when she was a child, and then as a young adult in college. I imagine these experiences were mentioned as a means to dictate the importance of how imperative it is for a writer to strengthen and articulate their voice enough to be projected (or heard) in a social setting to both the audience at large and the independent reader. The way she went about this was really compelling because she used a physical/vocal experience to render the argument that personal voice is constructed by relational voices-- voices that helped create who that person is, how they rationalize and how they convey personal thought. The voice of Anne Gere is not solely the voice of Anne Gere, it is a complex variety made up of her mother, her heritage and the culture she was raised in. It is a writer's prerogative to narrow in on this voice that has been created by their influences and apply it to their experiences; in writing, the ability to bring authenticity to personal experience helps the reader relate to the story and identify to those pieces of evidence that shape a larger communal voice.
What confused me, and I would like the class to pay attention to, was Gere's purpose of mentioning the experience she had raising her daughter and helping her mother. This really confused me and did not exactly bring me around full circle. I would like to ask the class to give their interpretation on these two examples because maybe there's something I missed. Gere's first two examples were helpful, but the final two conflicted my understanding of the importance of voice. I get that Gere helped bring a voice to her daughter and mother when they were not able to articulate their needs, wants and opinions, but it's almost a role reversal from what she was trying to explain earlier. I suppose she was trying to say that the way she was helping shape a voice for them was how culture and her mother formed the voice that she has today.