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So the "Call me" implies a "you."
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It reaches out of the text and uses that implied second person "you",
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"Call me Ishmael." "My name is Ruth," simple declarative sentence.
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It gives you that sense that Ruth is more separate from you,
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perhaps, as a reader, than Ishmael is.
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Ishmael wants to enter into dialog with you,
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wants you to reach out towards him.
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Ruth offers you herself as something like the objective contemplation
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of a stranger, as a stranger.
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That's what a stranger says to you: "Hi. My name is Amy."
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That's the kind of address a stranger gives you.
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What else do you notice about those two sentences?