Heritage and Origin What makes a person an individual? So many factors contribute to making a person unique. In Cleanth Brooks essay, “The English Language in the South”, Cleanth recognizes factors that bring out the individuality of different people. Brooks examines the stereotypes associated with accents and southern vocabulary. Different heritages and origins create a different style of language. The parental figures in a child’s life greatly influence the way a child will view …showed first 75 words of 303 total…

…showed last 75 words of 303 total…demonstrates his knowledge of different cultures in this essay. Different factors will create a different form of language. Heritages and origins are the main points that Brooks’ observes which will cause a group of people to be so unique in their individualism that other people may look down on them. Brooks’ main point in his writing is to prove that people are unique, and not superior to other people because of their origin and heritage.