[Vocabulary] "It's a hundred years old," she said.

[EUNJJUNG]

Hi, everyone!
while i reading the book of 『The Hostage』 by Amelia Gray,
i have three questions here. So i'll ask you.
(Source :https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/the-hostage)


First of all, when I usually read American novels, i sometimes wondered that after the dialogue of character is done,It follows to "he said" or "she said"


ex)"It's a hundred years old," she said.


but, i wonder if i can think of the meaning of "said" as "whispers" depending on the situation.
i mean that I was wondering if i could interpret differently depending on the situation!


Second, It is the sentences in the book.

<we're afraid," someone else said.
The bank robber got it ㅡ he was also afraid.>


I think "The bank robber" and "He" are same here.
But, i wonder why the author expreseed it in such a different word.


And also, i don't know word "got it" is what does mean.
"The bank robber got it" what does mean?

 

[probus]

Re: i don't know the author's intention /word meaning

In future please limit yourself to one question per thread. It makes the forum easier to use.

If you mentally change "said" to "whispered" or "shouted" you are embellishing the author's work, but you are quite free to do so if you wish.

"Get it" is an idiom. Depending on context it may mean to understand something or to suffer the consequences of one's actions.

 

[Rover_KE]

Please note that I have changed your thread title.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

 

[Tarheel]

Hi, everyone!
while i reading the book of 『The Hostage』 by Amelia Gray,
i have three questions here. So i'll ask you.
(Source :https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/the-hostage)


First of all, when I usually read American novels, i sometimes wondered that after the dialogue of character is done,It follows to "he said" or "she said"

Could you clear that up? (Restate that using different words.)

 

[EUNJJUNG]

I'm sorry.. next time, I'll only write one question per thread!..

and, one of the questions i asked couldn't be solved, so I'll ask again!




Second, It is the sentences in the book.

<we're afraid," someone else said.
The bank robber got it ㅡ he was also afraid.>

in the above sentence, I think "The bank robber" and "He" are same person.
But, i wonder why the author expressed it in such a different word.

 

[emsr2d2]

You must capitalise the word "I" (first person singular) every time you write it.

 

[Tarheel]

I'm sorry.. next time, I'll only write one question per thread!..

and, one of the questions i asked couldn't be solved, so I'll ask again!




Second, It is the sentences in the book.

<We're afraid," someone else said.
The bank robber got it ㅡ he was also afraid.>

in the above sentence, I think "The bank robber" and "he" are the same person.

You are right.

But, I wonder why the author expressed it in such a different word.

Well, "he" immediately follows "bank robber" there. (I'm not sure what you mean by "in such a different word".)

 

[Tdol]

Reading is a creative act, so hearing the voice the way you imagine it is perfectly natural when the writer uses something like said.