Reading

Reading takes up a very large part of my day, whether it be reading literature, poetry, information or meaningless conversations written between people in class... I spend a lot of my time with words. What frightens me most about today is how meaningless words have become - we swear, insult each other and mock others, make fun of peoples titles. But when you take away someone'sn ame, what are they? IT completely changes your perspective on them. Like me for example, I was going to be called Berta, and I think that would have made all the difference in my life - I'd probably be some seedy girl who looked like an old woman and ate sandwiches in library corners by myself. I doubt I'd be who I am.

I think as a society, we've forgotten the importance of names and words, and I think that we need to start remembering the weight that words carry. Language has evolved with mankind and existed throughout our history... I think we've forgotten it's importance in our culture.

It's just like when a person dies - their title is all that's left behind, it's their memory. When you say "Napoleon" you instantly think of the short French man who conquered all of Europe, and all the connotations that come with the name. I think I sometimes forget just how important words really are.