Profanity

novel from schools and libraries across America. The Catcher in the Rye is a novel that definitely catches the reader's attention. Even if the novel causes uproar within society there is without a doubt a message to learn from it. Concrete diction,Profanity/cursing, and slang give are all examples of diction that give reason for this novel to be banned from the rising generations. These words choices can corrupt children's minds and take away their innocence from them. Banning the Catcher in…

Holden feels personally violated and rubbed the profanity away. He said: “I thought how Phoebe and all the other little kids would see it, and how they’d wonder what they hell it meant … and even worry about it for a couple of days” (260). Holden wishes he could kill the person who had the audacity to draw…

is challenged that means that a certain part of the book or parts of the book are considered obscene or a threat to security. “Go Ask Alice” has been challenged many times for different reasons. The book has mostly been challenged for the use of profanity, sexual content, and drug use. Go Ask Alice has been a target book for being challenged. It started when she, the main character,…

Simran Narang/ Period 8 Grade 11 AP Language and Composition Mrs. Houseman 30 March 2017 Argument Essay As the class bully swaggered towards his victim, heads began to turn, following his direction. The room slowly grew to a deafening silence. His prey had no idea what was coming for him. When the bully reached his target, he snarled, “You are a stupid butthead.” An unanimous gasp is heard from the audience as the victim’s face turns red as he bites his lip to keep from crying. In the first…

While each period of African American literature has its own temperament, the Black Arts Era has an unparalleled mystique. Filled with a copious amount of compelling works, the Black Arts epoch boasts authors that are each more idiosyncratic than the one proceeding them. For instance, one author of the period , Malcolm X, pens an autobiography detailing his traumatic childhood and his incarceration-motivated transformation. Another interesting writer from the age, Ishmael Reed, gained…

Censorship Books teach us about life, morals, and the values we need to have to live a good life. Censors have been trying to ban books since 387 BC. Books are typically banned for use of inappropriate language and content. Many libraries and schools have banned this book from being placed in the libraries and for students to read this book. Many people had felt that Catcher in the Rye was “dangerous” because it had violence, sexual content, and vulgarity. A lot of books have good life lessons…

“Frank’s RedHot… I put that sh*t on everything!” said Jean Hamilton. Hamilton is a 92-year-old Caucasian woman that stars in Frank’s RedHot commercial. Contrary to popular belief Frank’s RedHot did not pop up out of thin air with a little old lady commercial. The history of Frank’s RedHot dates back 1918 when pepper Farmer Adam Estilette partnered with Jacob Frank in New Iberia, Louisiana, to create a sauce. In 1964, Frank’s RedHot Cayenne Pepper Sauce was used as the secret ingredient for the…

question: “who the fuck?”, “what the fuck?”, “when the fuck?”, “where the fuck?”, “why the fuck?”, and “the fuck?” There are also many compound words and phrases that go with the word fuck. In 1928, motherfucker became the second most severe of the profanity terms, behind cunt and before fucker (“Fuck” Wikipedia). It’s a more intense version of fucker. MF became an abbreviation for motherfucker in 1948. In 1969, clusterfuck came about and means a “bungled or confused undertaking.” MILF came…

PROFANE LANGUAGE Profane language is used in verbal and written communication; it manifests in the following forms as swearing, obscenity, slur, dirty and offensive language as in relation to the acceptable or appropriate form of common communication. It is used among almost all classes of people for different purposes and resulting in different outcomes. The J. Watson & A. Hill, Dictionary of media and communication studies, portrays a speech by J.D. Rothwell relaying the rationale for using…

The Grapes of Wrath, The Scarlet Letter, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and To Kill a Mockingbird. These are just some of the books that have been banned in certain schools, bookstores and libraries. The Grapes of Wrath because of profanity and sexual references. The Scarlet Letter because it is pornographic and obscene. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because it is oppressive and racially insensitive. And To Kill a Mockingbird because it is degrading and racist. All of these books have…