Dirty Mouth

The obscene language is critical to every part of the book. It helps really illustrate the state the characters are in. Its just another way to show how they feel through dialog. If the author was trying to show the characters are in duress and are angry through characterization and symbols but had them talking politely or without obscene language it wouldn't make sense. Obscene language is a reality and it exists for a reason, so if it is real it must also exist in books to make them real.

Free Write

The sound of the saturated river bed soil churned beneath his feet. His heart beating like a war drum. Rounding the bend narrowly escaping the gun fire chasing his footsteps into the salty soil. He knew the armed forces would be a trying time that would test his courage, but he never fully realized the fear that would grasp him until it had taken control of his movements and engulfed his every step.

Walk the Line

Authors include powerful, shocking, and even disturbing events in their texts to dramatize situations and move the reader. These events leave profound feelings in the reader that will not soon be forgot. Events like that help develop characters to see how they would react in such situations.

To Atone or Not to Atone...

I believe that atonement for past sins is absolutely possible. I have made many mistakes that I have regretted. Mistakes like making someone believe one thing when in reality something else was going on. I regret it because I hurt the person and shouldn't have done that. I try to reach atonement by demonstrating my remorse and trying to make things right.

Decisions...Decisions

Factors that influence my decisions consist of everything I have seen, heard, learned, been told, or otherwise absorbed throughout my time on this earth. From the teachings of my parents on to how to be a good person, to the etiquette and mannerisms picked up on television sitcoms. Decisions I make vary in their effect on the people around me from my immediate group of friends to the school as a whole.