In my paper, I am going to dissect "The Shadow of the Image," and "Notepassing:Struggles for Status," by Stuart and Elizabeth Ewens and Margaret Finders. The thesis or argument of my paper will focus on how both these writers unique writing styles demonstrate how society today, especially cultured is highly influenced by language. Moreover, language today has changed in the last decade among adolescents and adults throughout the world. To add a creative twist to my paper, I decided to provide readers with concrete images and examples of how the Ewens and Margaret Finders describe literacy today. Furthermore, like the Ewens, I will wrote short paragraphs depicting stories of colorful images such as "The morning sun shines on the red-tan forehead of Billy O-Conner," (Ewens, 182) Also, I created a "note" of how teenagers express themselves today in their own language, such as Margaret Finders discussed in her essay, "yo! what's up?" (Finders, 131). Lastly, examples such as these, and explanations of these authors stories will tie into the core of my paper and how images and language effect society and culture as a whole today.