Language
...e allows people from around the world to communicate with each other. There can be times where language can be harmful to us. If spoken wrong someone might take it the wrong way and become upset. Like Jeff Baldwin says” There have been, and are, times, and places, when to speak a certain language could be dangerous, even fatal.” In this essay Baldwin says “To open your mouth in England is to “put your business in the street”: you have confessed your parents, your youth, your school, your salary, your self-esteem, and, alas, your future.” This is not true; just to open your mouth in England doesn’t mean that you confess all your personal information. A person can speak all the want in England, if they know the language they will do excellent. Even if they are not too familiar with the language, they do not necessarily have to confess anything. Jeff Baldwin believes language to be “a political instrument, means, and proof of power. It is the most vivid and crucial key to identity.” Language is very powerful. Thos...