Read the passage.

excerpt from "interview with simon ortiz" by laura coltelli

ortiz: essentially. it has to be. there's no other purpose for which a person lives. again, i refer to what my heritage is. it's a central philosophy: you don't speak, you don't live except on behalf of your people. you can't live, you are not alone; only because the people are you in existence.

refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this interview.

how does ortiz’s use of the second-person in this passage affect its tone?

it suggests that ortiz does not wish to speak about himself, giving the piece a defensive tone.

it signals that ortiz knows the interviewer well, which gives the piece its warm and friendly tone.

it conveys ortiz’s intelligence as a speaker and establishes a formal tone.

it to create an informal tone that makes the interview feel like a free exchange of ideas.