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What are words? A simple question such as this would in theory demand only a simple answer. Words, however, take such an abundance of forms that creating a truly inclusive definition for the notion of “words” is daunting. In its physical manifestation, a word is little more than air passing over taut tendons, forming sounds which are accented by flicks of the tongue against the teeth and roof of the mouth. These sounds are arranged in patterns that come to be recognized and accepted as words. But are these sounds all that words represent?—certainly not. Words command power. Although the defiant playground motto states that “sticks and stones may break bones, but words can never hurt,”

War. This word stirs up an abundance of different emotions. Feelings such as fear, pain and frustration are brought to the surface. But there is also contrasting views to this topic. When someone else hears the word “war,” they may feel power, opportunity or victory. In his novel The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien highlights the array of emotions that war encompasses. “War is hell, but that's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery” (O’Brien 76). This quote perfectly illustrates how many different feelings one goes through when faced with this topic. It can be concluded

The phrase words hold more power than weapons simply means words that you say can hurt people more than weapons. The main reason I would say words hurt more than weapons because things you say can break you down and hurt more than an actual weapon can. So what I’m going to talk about is why words do the things it does worse than weapons do.

In the real world people don't see words as a weapon. Instead we see it as something that is crucial for us to function in society. People don't look at the big picture and see how words really are something that can be dangerous. Zusak writes, “Blood leaked from her nose and licked at her lips. Her eyes had blackened. Cuts had opened up and a series of wounds were rising to the surface of her skin. All from words. Liesel's words” (Zusak, 253). Words are everything to humans. It doesn't matter where you are in the world, words allow you to break down that barrier that's holding you back from connecting to others. Words change lives both positively and negatively. liesel expresses, "I have hated words and i have loved them, and i hope i have made them right” (Zusak, 528). When Liesel wrote this she understood how powerful words were. She knew that a single word can impact many many people. Most people don't think about what they are going to say before they say it. it comes naturally they say what they think. picture this, what if we were able to use words to our advantage like liesel? We can we just have to think. Words are everything, they are most certainly not things that wander out of people’s mouths and have no

The power of words can be the difference of a happy ending to the start of a War.

Now, as during the war, I am uplifted and strengthened by those good, faithful men around me. Though tight is their problem, flexible is their solutions. I keep working to live up to what they expect of me. One day we will all see eye to eye and be able to arise from the dust of this

We use words every day of our life, yet we don’t seem to realize how much power or influence they can really have on us. In the book thief, Markus Zusak uses words to create a sense of comfort and sanity in a time of chaos and war. Words are used to strongly influence people and their decisions. When Liesel learned to read she was more intelligent and had more power to influence; “once words had rendered Liesel useless, but now, when she sat on the floor, with the mayor's wife at her husband’s desk, she felt an innate sense of power” (Zusak 147). In Nazi Germany, Hitler uses words to control the people. This is one way words can be used to hurt people. Liesel and Max both come from broken homes and can’t read. When they learn to read they have power. Liesel didn’t

“Sticks and stones, may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” A phrase we all heard when we were younger and might have used as a mantra. The truth is, words can, and usually do, hurt you. In the novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, the innominate protagonist begins a journey that might never end. He starts to realize that even though, words do hurt him, he shouldn't let other people's’ opinions of him.

Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Names of the Wind, said this about words, “Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts” (Rothfuss, ch.86). What are words? Words are powerful. They have meaning. Words are defined as ways feelings are express and influence is spread. Throughout history, questions like, “What is justice?” and “How do we justify what is just or good?” have popped up in human minds and Plato and Aristotle were the first philosophers to answer these questions.

Words are a correlation of letters that can hold immense power, Gloria Naylor explains this in her essay “The Meaning of a Word.” Today’s society pushes the importance of kind words and constantly highlights how one word can brighten a person’s day. Yet people are hardly taught the blunt fact that one word can also devastate a person’s day into self-loathing.

Many people say that expressing themselves with bad words makes them feel better, but then again it could be true however does it make it right? How many of you have walked beside a family and you hear the children talking to their parents in such a disrespectful matter as if they weren’t the authority figure as if respect never existed. Possibly the parents might find it okay for their children to speak to them in such way but in other people’s eyes it’s not. Nowadays not only do children but adults find it okay for them to speak in a unpleasant matter.

Honorable words soothe and bring grace; harmful ones can create prisoners of self doubt and hamper the growth of the human spirit. For many years of my life, I allowed negative words to create my self-worth. Then, I surrendered my life to God via the 700 club and allowed His view of me to become my guiding light. As I look back to where I came from and where I would like to go; I am thankful to God for sowing seeds and using people to catalyze change along my journey.

Words are just a group of letters that makes phrases or statements. Those phrases and statements cannot truly show emotions or feelings. Just because a person says it, does not signify that they mean the words they speak. Anyone can apologize, but then

Words can kill: it certainly is an odd concept to think of. Metaphorically, it could be referring to many things—and its implications could range from outright ordering an execution to, perhaps, the intonation of a phrase mentioned in passing. But this is the reality of Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain—a world where the very words people speak can cause disease. The metaphorical and physical implications of the phrase “words can kill” was explored by a delivered towards the end of the first act by the game’s main villain, Skull Face. My adaptation was creating this monologue in a text format.

Well, I hope that you had a great day today. I know that I owe you that “Part 2” email and I will get that to you sometime tomorrow, but I wanted to take some time tonight and write Caitlyn a letter. I know that she is aware that we are communicating back and forth, and I just wanted to let her know that she and her feelings matter greatly to me, and that I care what she thinks. My ex-wife (number 1) started dating shortly after we divorced and that man never showed any interest or one ounce of concern for my sweet Abbie and Ruthie. She ended up marrying that guy and he was not kind to my girls at all and completely rejected them. Finally, she ended the marriage after a year and a half, but my daughters had already been shattered with how my ex-wife’s husband had treated them before and after the marriage. I would never want to do anything to hurt you and those beautiful children of yours; I would rather that God took my life before something like that could ever happen. I was just thinking, how could someone say that they cared deeply about God the Father, but not want anything to do with his dear Son. To be committed to the Father and not His son is not dedication at all. In much the same way, for one to say that they are starting to have feelings for someone else is not enough, they must genuinely care about that person’s family as well, because our family is such a vital part of who we are. So, I would like for you to read the letter first and after reading it you can