Language is a very powerful tool that can be expressed in different forms, each with a unique perspective. This is present in the stories “Two Words” by Isabel Allende and “I Am Writing Blindly” by Roger Rosenblatt. It is also visible in the collage titled “Always Together” by Philippe Beha and “Translations” a poem by Lake Sagaris. Three themes can be taken from the four interpretations on language. The theme that language is visible in every person, that the same words can have dual meanings depending on how they are used. Language can also effect people’s emotions everyday. Although these three themes are present in each interpretation there are unique points in the pieces as well.
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In history when faced with death and deeply saddened because the knowledge that seeing loved ones again probably won’t happen again, people have wrote down their final goodbyes. This desire to write is due to a hope that somebody will get to read their letter and closure can be brought to the loved ones they are forced to leave behind. “I Am Writing Blindly” has examples of this. The crew on a submarine that is fully submerged and crashed are left in complete darkness, still they write love letter to their families. Writing their last thoughts down could allow the grieving process to go a little smoother and bring some closure. Prisoners in the Warsaw Ghetto didn’t have the same luxury of knowing if their loved ones were still alive like the people in the submarine did. Not knowing who would find the letters they crammed in the cracks of the walls or even if there were people to find them they still wrote to bring some hope that it would be found. Hope isn 't only reserved for people facing death, it is present in “Two Words” when the Colonel is giving his famous speech. After addressing his fellow citizens they were left with “A wake of hope that lingered for days on the air, like a splendid memory of a comet’s tail” (242). Language is being used to inspire an entire country in this story and motivate them to all believe that they can have a better life in the future. Emotions and feeling are fragile and easily changed from depressed to hopeful, emotions can be flowing in every direction. The final line in “Translations” is “Love.” (10), because at the end of the day it is love that will posses a person to write a final goodbye letter to
Language is an essential part of human life, it is how …show more content…
In history when faced with death and deeply saddened because the knowledge that seeing loved ones again probably won’t happen again, people have wrote down their final goodbyes. This desire to write is due to a hope that somebody will get to read their letter and closure can be brought to the loved ones they are forced to leave behind. “I Am Writing Blindly” has examples of this. The crew on a submarine that is fully submerged and crashed are left in complete darkness, still they write love letter to their families. Writing their last thoughts down could allow the grieving process to go a little smoother and bring some closure. Prisoners in the Warsaw Ghetto didn’t have the same luxury of knowing if their loved ones were still alive like the people in the submarine did. Not knowing who would find the letters they crammed in the cracks of the walls or even if there were people to find them they still wrote to bring some hope that it would be found. Hope isn 't only reserved for people facing death, it is present in “Two Words” when the Colonel is giving his famous speech. After addressing his fellow citizens they were left with “A wake of hope that lingered for days on the air, like a splendid memory of a comet’s tail” (242). Language is being used to inspire an entire country in this story and motivate them to all believe that they can have a better life in the future. Emotions and feeling are fragile and easily changed from depressed to hopeful, emotions can be flowing in every direction. The final line in “Translations” is “Love.” (10), because at the end of the day it is love that will posses a person to write a final goodbye letter to