Does Language Equal Power and Does It Define You as a Writer?

Language reveals one’s identity. With language, we can communicate who we are and what we think. Without language, we would be isolated. We would have no discipline, no past, no present and no future. To understand how meaning works, then, is to understand part of what it is to be human .Ultimately language is a necessary means of life, which some say that language derived from grunts and groans and evolved into the complex form that we know today. As a writer you choose the direction you will follow when communicating to your reader .To a degree you hold the “power” of defining yourself. Should you allow others to dictate you’re identity

We have three writers Kincaid, Fanon and Anzaldua, all with similar viewpoints, however all electing to communicate their story differently through language. All expressing their beliefs differently (between there tone, and careful choice of words), all speaking about events they have either witness and or experienced throughout their lives. All seem to be obsessed with their topic choice. Question that I have is if these writers are similar, expressive and passionate about what they do, then what makes one writer work seem more appealing, more impactful, and more powerful to a reader then the other? Is it the dialects the writers utilize that has the reader prone to one writer over the other? Is it the way the writer’s language translates to paper, and does that solely play a role in distinguishing them as a writer? Perhaps it is where they receive their education, which allows them to get their point across in a comprehensible way and keep the attention of the reader? By the way that Fanon, Kincaid and Anzaldua choices to convey language fuels them with the power, whether it is power that they receive from the reader, the power that is self-inflicted, or the power that is forced upon them. They all receive, utilize and gain from their power as writers. Just as knowledge is power so is language.

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