The limits of language are the limits of the world around us.
we know the more we are able to achieve. Language allows us to express our feelings and .
emotions, and to influence the activities of others. We are perceived by others in different .
ways according to our knowledge of this. We have all had different experiences where .
perhaps we have felt uncomfortable with a situation because we felt our vocabulary was .
inadequate. Maybe we have wanted to express an emotion or a feeling to someone and we .
weren't quite sure how to put it into words. The expansion of our knowledge and use of .
language opens doors of opportunity and doors of expression to us. We are able to .
communicate more freely, without so many barriers.
Through expressing our feelings and emotions with language, we are able to find .
the words to better share and communicate our thoughts with others. We see this, for .
example, in poetry. More complicated language is used, a lot of times, to help convey the .
point that the writer is trying to get across. The poet will also compare the word or phrase .
to something else in order to help show their meaning. A good poet is able to take only a .
couple of sentences and say more in those two sentences than most people can in a couple .
of paragraphs. They allow the reader to visualize an idea or situation. With these kinds of .
skills the writer is able to perhaps persuade the reader to contemplate their viewpoint on .
the issue discussed. .
Through our words we are able to reach people on different levels. The more we .
know, the more people we are able to reach. This makes it possible to talk to the most .
educated and uneducated of people. In the words of Malcolm X, "Words are the tools for .
the job of saying what you want to say." Before his time in Charlestown prison, Malcolm .
would write letters to influential people such as the Mayor of Boston, and Harry S. .
Truman. His letters were never answered however.
