Blog 6: The idea of the prison house of language

The concept of “The Prison House of Language” is the illusion of only using words that everyone would use rather then others. Instead of using words us as people normally use we would use words everyone knows and would appeal more. Basically keeping the mind set to using easy ways to get out of situations. For an example let’s say I ask u a question such as “Do u believe in magic?” your obvious answer would be yes or no, yet there can b more then just a yes or no answer. As people we tend to believe the easy way out of things is the best way to deal wit things. When you look at the world there is more then just New York City and the States of the U.S., there are other countries and other cities. Similar to questions you can always explain the reasons you like or dislike, agree or disagree with something.
Fredric Jameson an American Literary critic and cultural theorist has realized and studied the development of human behavior within the language of English. He has easily figured out that we rather take the time out to use short answers to send off quick solutions. Essentially getting lazy with the smallest things such as answering questions and talking to our peers bring out “The Prison House of Language.” Jameson’s ideology discusses the cultural production as an understanding of present time society.