Prompt 6

The formal writing done in class helps teach students how to effectively write and communicate in the professional world. This way of forming an argument and structuring papers helps set up a formula for students to follow. It is also a way to compare writing and see the improvement from the begging of school to the end. Everyone must learn to write this way in school. It gives a familiar platform for communicating when students leave universities and enter into the real world.

Communicating does not need to be through writing. People express themselves through the clothing they wear, their hairstyles, or body modifications. It is a way to fit into different groups, or to separate from a group. Also, people communicate through their talents. For example, music is a form of expression. People express their emotions through their instrument or voice. Music can illustrate how a person feels and can also make statements. The feminists from In the Flesh marked up their bodies to take control and make political statements about victimization. People, throughout history, have used music to communicate their political upheavals, and use it as a way to overcome these problems. The same idea occurs with other talents, which include painting or dancing. Almost everything that people do in life reflects who they are, consciously and unconsciously.

I do believe that there is always a limit to the amount of control that people have over the body. Society has created such rigid structures that it is impossible to break out. If a person steps out of the “normal” mode, he/she will fall into another mold with people like him/her. There is also a limit to the amount of modifications that people can do to the body. At some point, tattoos will cover the entire body, and there will be no space left for more. There are only so many surgeries that people can have before something goes wrong. There is a limit to everything, and no matter how much people try to separate themselves, they will still be in the boundaries set by someone that came before them.