Third Hour Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 When I was younger, swear words in novels were absolutely abhorrent. I would take a black pen and scribble over swear words until they were no longer visible. However, I found that when I returned again to read those books, my eyes would be drawn to those blacked-out words, and my mind would instantly recall the word that I originally had intended to hide. So what was the point? Ultimately, the very words I had set out to conceal had become words that I was unable to remove from my mind. Swear Words Are Everywhere When I chose to major in English at Brigham Young University-Idaho, I took certain classes that required us to read novels or other works of literature that contained swear words. I remember one novel in particular that contained at least one swear word, if not multiple, on. Every. Single. Page. Yet, I found that I was able to focus more on the profound lessons I learned from the novel than the specific swear words that were used. Does that... View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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