Thumb’s Down
Strong offensive language is widely used by everyone whether it’s when texting, or speaking to someone and it conveys a strong and emotional message. In addition, there has been a small number of authors who have used it in a story such as Cristina Henriquez when she wrote “Micho Alvarez”. In her short story Cristina used profanity to channel her emotions towards the mistreatment of Mexicans and what they go through. However, I would not recommend it. In my opinion she shouldn’t have used profanity firstly due to how it can take the reader’s attention and they’ll be more focused on the profanity than the point you are making. Secondly because there are many more ways to convey a message. Thirdly because it can leave a negative …show more content…
Using profanity is like a secret closed behind a locked door. No matter how much it may want to escape one must be careful because it can cause chaos and uncertainty. As I was reading the story I did get the point she was making, However, her use of profanity averted my attention from the topic at hand. In addition, during our topic discussion of the story “Micho Alvarez” what was mostly spoken about was her choice of words, rather than what Mexicans go through on a …show more content…
Yet Look at his stories now, even with the edited work they are extremely popular all around the world. As an alternative, he voices his emotion through a manipulation of words which he used to his own advantage. As a result, he managed to show his writing in a new light and so on to write a story with a significant impact on its readers displaying just how vulgar language is not needed. In her story Cristina input’s “These people are listening to the media, and the media, let me tell you, has some fucked up ideas about us.” Instead of using “Fucked up” she could’ve said despicable or loathsome yet she decided it was necessary to incorporate a massive amount of vulgarity. To me she has so much potential, However, I don’t see her using it. Instead of playing around with words to get what she wants she decided in taking the effortless way
Strong offensive language is widely used by everyone whether it’s when texting, or speaking to someone and it conveys a strong and emotional message. In addition, there has been a small number of authors who have used it in a story such as Cristina Henriquez when she wrote “Micho Alvarez”. In her short story Cristina used profanity to channel her emotions towards the mistreatment of Mexicans and what they go through. However, I would not recommend it. In my opinion she shouldn’t have used profanity firstly due to how it can take the reader’s attention and they’ll be more focused on the profanity than the point you are making. Secondly because there are many more ways to convey a message. Thirdly because it can leave a negative …show more content…
Using profanity is like a secret closed behind a locked door. No matter how much it may want to escape one must be careful because it can cause chaos and uncertainty. As I was reading the story I did get the point she was making, However, her use of profanity averted my attention from the topic at hand. In addition, during our topic discussion of the story “Micho Alvarez” what was mostly spoken about was her choice of words, rather than what Mexicans go through on a …show more content…
Yet Look at his stories now, even with the edited work they are extremely popular all around the world. As an alternative, he voices his emotion through a manipulation of words which he used to his own advantage. As a result, he managed to show his writing in a new light and so on to write a story with a significant impact on its readers displaying just how vulgar language is not needed. In her story Cristina input’s “These people are listening to the media, and the media, let me tell you, has some fucked up ideas about us.” Instead of using “Fucked up” she could’ve said despicable or loathsome yet she decided it was necessary to incorporate a massive amount of vulgarity. To me she has so much potential, However, I don’t see her using it. Instead of playing around with words to get what she wants she decided in taking the effortless way