Such meta-observations, which appear throughout the book, are part of Orenstein's method: she argues with herself, questions her own assumptions, ventures an assertion and then has second thoughts — all in full view of the reader.
She argues, mostly to herself, that Pepys's "energy burns off blame," and she experiences relief from his "low success rate" during bouts of tomcatting.
Rubin approached the problem with the method, research and precision of an artful academic and in the end, she argues she really did make herself happier.
She argues that such a bill wouldn't have helped either Falk or herself in their disputes.
Woman, she argued, "had chained herself to her place in society and the family through the maternal functions of her nature, and only chains thus strong could have bound her to her lot as a brood animal".
"Let's win it with a true constitutional conservative," meaning herself, she argued Tuesday in Iowa.
But more often, she talks, argues with herself, mumbles, thinks aloud.
She has no hesitation in declaring herself personally opposed to the war, but she argued that "Baghdad E.R".
Lesser then turns her mature critic's eye on her youthful judgments; she questions and argues with herself, admonishes and revises, eventually arriving at a more complicated understanding of each work.
She's a Christian, but she wasn't herself offended by the slogan; she just argued that she could see why some people might be.
