Monday, April 30, 2012

Controversial Passage 1, Explanation, and Citation


"I know all about sex." "Congratulations!" "Were you fucking?" "Jamie!" "That's not a bad word ... hate and war is bad words but fuck isn't." "I never said it was." "So were you?" "No ... I wasn't ... but even if I was I wouldn't tell you." "Why not?" "Because it's none of your damn business ... that's why." "Oh wow ... " she said, clucking her tongue, "your generation is so hung up about sex."

This passage could be considered controversial because this is a young girl talking about “fucking” as if it’s no big deal. She says it as if it’s normal for a little girl to be saying a word like that but also talking about it as if she knows everything about it, the language of this young girl is not something that’s normal or ok for a young girl. Parents today don’t want their children and young adults having this type of attitude towards such a sensitive subject.


. "Forever By Judy Blume." onread.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 May 2012. <http://www.onread.com/fbreader/1415336/>.

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