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ESSAY INTRODUCTION

**Nigger, Asshole, Slut ,Bastard,Gay,Jerk, Ass jabber** ,**Dick-face,Whore etc.** all theses offensive, powerful words in which most people use to judge and hurt people who in quote are different from them directly or indirectly.In the animated film tarzan by Disney, in this tragic story about a young child whose parents where killed and was saved and raised by a gorilla who sacrifed everything for him but wasn't accepted because he was different from them,especially the head of the gorilla family kerchak hated him because he always caused mayham and thought the younger gorilla ways that wasn't accepted by him,when his own kind showed kerchak hate became stronger and told him "get away from my family you don't belong here you never did"he took those words into heart because he thought he had a family and tried everything to be accepted among the gorillas and decided to go with his people ever stop to think why do people use such words, why they are so keen on hurting others,how the pain of other excites them,never stopping to actually notice the impact of the words the use to hate and discriminate against their fellow peer the funny thing is those people inflicting pain should put in consideration karma does exist.

reading journal 14 "nigger" and the power of words

===In some cases words can be very hurtful especially when being directed to sensitive people, the power of words can be very strong,stronger than physical pain, The word "Nigger" actually means a person who is ignorant, the word is mostly used for the black people. In the book "To Kill a Mocking Bird " Atticus tells his children that the the people who use the word "Nigger" are trash. This word is offensive and it is used against the black people to discriminate against them. Have you ever thought to think that the black people might have been acting ignorant because of this word that is used against them during the time racism was at its peek.===