The Power of Language by prof Weis and Dr. Thomas reflects upon the socialiologicaland psychological aspects of language and how it possesses the power in itself through words and speech. The authors explain how language possesses the power of a very special kind. The relationship between language and power is ambivalent.
The spoken words of the language and their interpretation are important; the power language possesses can be used for rhetorical persuasion as the speaker uses his words to persuade another person. The authors claim that people with better command over a language can use it as a power; language becomes their instrument of power which becomes their empowerment. Different people’s interpretations may differ, but the language gives society a new power. Language helps promote science and mathematics, which are indispensable for modern society. Language can also increase the social cohesion of people in a society; people attain a better consciousness of themselves through language and the environment around them.
The Kiss by Julia Alvarez is a novel that focuses on a girl named Sofia and her three sisters. Her sisters envied her due to her beauty and tenderness, her father also loved her. She was the powerful girl in the house and wanted to reconcile with her father after marriage. Father felt a bit rejected because Sofia and her sister had hurt his feelings over the years; the father was kind enough to accept their repentance and forgave them compassionately. Sofia had to work hard to win her father’s trust again and solve the problem. The bad things sofia did made her look like a rebel to her father, she and her son both repented in the end. Their father’s will to forgive them was strong, while Papa still walked his own path and ignored the good things Sofia had done for her father. Sofia had a great influence on American culture her father wanted her to remain a virgin, but the generation gap and culture forced Sofia to rebel from her father when she was young. That is the weakening point of their relationship.
