Throughout the novel Flight, written by Alexie Sherman, the protagonist, notably known as “Zits,” displays an obscene amount of vulgar language. The use of his patois that is now commonly used amongst the vast majority of teens around the world is one worth explaining. To start, vulgar language is essentially looked down upon because of how profane and “unnecessary” it is. The use of this language in everyday life, not only within this novel, is one that is used to convey emotion, as it is much easier to swear and curse than it is to convey your emotions with “proper” language. As we see from Zits, he does not take the time to thoroughly think and devise a plan of action to “properly” handle his emotions, he just splurges. With Zits being …show more content…
The vulgar language within the novel isn’t only a means to an end that Zits wants, it’s also a message; a message that vividly depicts a struggling teen yearning for help/change in his life, but can’t seem to do it alone. Zits countlessly uses profanity because that is what will catch someone’s attention, which is precisely what he wants: someone to notice and save him from himself. These quandaries that Zits faces are the embodiment of what a vast majority of teens suffer and go through on an everyday basis. The novel Flight, could almost even be a novel which is a cry for help and attention itself; as the book is about a teen trying to find and save himself from himself, which is a problem everyone in life faces at one point whether we like to admit it or not. But, there’s no way to possibly run away from yourself, and Zits shows us that in the story; the only answer is to accept yourself for who you are, and then the problems will start to sort themselves and gradually get