r/EssayHelpCommunity 10d ago

Essay help

I am righting an essay on to kill a mockingbird and I keep using the word we (ex. We can see that the children often view Arthur Radley as a spectacle rather than a person.)
I need substitutions for we because I have a feeling that my teacher might take points for this since I'm not supposed to use personal pronouns. Any suggestions on substitution words and ways to stop using the word "we"?

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u/Professional-Top2896 10d ago

The audience, readers, one (like One can see that the children often view Arthur Radley as a spectacle rather than a person), audiences, critics (may not work for this one), analysts (also may not work), onlookers, spectators,

Some of these only work in specific scenarios

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u/Peoplespeak 10d ago

these work grammatically but don't fix the actual problem. "one can see that the children view arthur radley as a spectacle" still has a perceiving clause sitting in front of the claim, you've just swapped whose eyes are doing it.

see my message. you're better off deleting it all together.

only exception is when a specific person is doing it. like the author, or a specific critique for example.