Language and cultural discourse can make a lot of changes. America is a good country where you can explore different cultures and start to understand their jargon. There are a lot of discourse styles, and when we use them we have to be careful to not hurt the person in front of us. Going back to the Charlie Hebdo magazine story, where they used profanity and sarcastic language, caused problems and killed people. In the readings “Palestine: Reffugeeland” by Joe Sacco, “Not Human Beings” by Etgar Keret and “Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective” by Leslie Marmon Silko we see examples of how even one word can make changes, how language and gestures can make changes. “Not Human Beings,” written by Etgar Keret is a story from his last collection, where an I.D.F. soldier guts a Gazan man, revealing him to be stuffed with “rolled-up flags, flyers, candy, and phone tokens.” Macabre and even uncomfortably funny, the story pivots on the notion of dehumanization taken to its literal extreme. I've heard this language style in Russian movies. Usually this speech style is used either in the army or between prisoners. The story is written in a sarcastic way and is full of metaphors. In the story “Not Human Beings,” for example, a brutal officer tells his …show more content…
In this case drawing is Joe Sacco's language. The book's imagery is vivid, memorably atmospheric and faithful to the landscapes and cities of Palestine. It also evokes an almost surreal routine of roadblocks and tear gas, punctuated only by moments of mordant humor. It's written with sarcasm. Despite the careful characterization of those around him, Sacco's cartoon self is slightly unreal - a grotesquely exaggerated figure, complete with enormously elastic lips - a formlessness that, curiously, invites identification. Sacco is very detailed with his drawings, so you don't see negative space, even if you do, it's there on