isters. He has no worries and he has everything he needs. His parents always say, “Son, money is the root of all evil and being rich is not important.” Ultimately, the boy believes that rich people are evil, because they have so much money. The Ethiopian boy’s reality is very different than the boy from California. One centers his life around money while the other has no regard for the uses of money. Neither reality is better or right, only different. What parents say to their kids has such a strong influence on a child’s view of the world. Language shapes all aspects of our lives. Why do reporters have the privilege of deciding what events are important in our lives? What does this mean you ask? Well, a reporter selects which stories he would like to broadcast on the air, and those are the stories that we hear about. What a reporter tells us strongly influences our view of reality. When a news broadcaster continually airs stories about shootings, murders, and crimes, then our reality takes on the shape of a rather violent world. In another country, like Japan, violence is not so commonplace. Japanese have a more pacified view of reality, because violence is not so openly spoke about. See how words and language shape reality for each of us? Humans can not help being influenced by what is said to them. We can not forget things that we hear.First impressions are weighted heavily in our world. Why? It is because the language we use influences what other people think about us. If I meet a man and he is poorly spoken, then I will be quick to assume that he is not intelligent. His words shaped a reality in my mind about him. He may in fact have an IQ of 115 and be the inventor of toasters for all I know. This shows that reality may not be what is real. The way we see things, may not be the real story. Overall, people are quick to judge and this creates false pretenses for many of us. We shoul...
