The weapons a writer has at her disposal are flawed. There are words that feel shapeless and overused. Love, for example.I could write the word love a thousand times and it would mean a thousand different things to different readers. What is the point of trying to put down on paper emotions that are too complex, too huge, too overwhelming to be confined by an alphabet? Love isn't the only word that fails. Hate does, too.

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In Jodi Picoult's "The Storyteller," the author reflects on the limitations of language, particularly when it comes to expressing deep emotions like love and hate. She argues that these words, while commonly used, often lack the capacity to convey their true complexities and nuances. Each time a writer uses them, they may evoke different interpretations depending on the reader, highlighting the subjective nature of emotional expression.

Picoult suggests that the challenge...

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