Week #3
Mood:  on fire
World Made Red

Eve’s mistake is a wandering ghost
Adams blindness has shaken the shores
A scarecrow in the middle of the fields
Surrounded by the hate driven crows
A leader of the land stands up to give help
And falls from a bullet of pain and no conscience
Wars arise from bloodthirsty soldiers
Eagerly awaiting and ounce of blood
Spilled by the madness of their lost souls
The 10 Commandments made of stone
Withered worn and drip droplets of sin
Murderous mothers know not what they do
Because 16 is too young to notice
Death to souls not yet born
“O well not my problem anymore”
A gun is young and knows not what it does
Its blindness is in the eye of the beholder
Its bullet does not stop in the chest
But the shrapnel spreads to all around
Creating puddles of tears of red
That we blatantly walk over everyday

Does language shape a culture.????? Online journal week 2
Mood:  a-ok
Does language shape a culture.?????

Language does shape a culture. “In the language of the Athapaskin Indians of Alaska, there is no word for “I”- only “we”.”(675) Having no word for “I” gives the Athapakin culture very distinct views. From knowing that single piece of information about their culture you know that the Athapaskin people are very selfless, and very connected with everyone in their culture. Language shapes many cultures around us everyday. High school teens talk a very distinct way, which gives them shape. Business people talk a certain way which gives them a distinct shape.

“Any single culture is diverse, made up of many different racial, social, economic, geographic, and religious groups; in language this diversity may be reflected in a dialect, a form of speech that deviates from the standard language but is still intelligible to speakers of the language.” (676) There are many different languages, and millions of different dialects throughout or very diverse and global world. Language gives meaning to the history, and views of every race. Language shapes the culture of all these people, and defines them as humans.