When I ask myself what words have hurt me over the years, few come to mind immediately. After more meditation upon this topic, incidents that I have not thought about for years starts to pop into my mind. It is as if I have been blocking out those hurtful events from my memory to pretend like everything was fine. The most hurtful thing that I have been called is a dog eater. It hurts tremendously to be called that in a society that treasures dogs as man’s best friend. The idea of dog eating is almost cannibalism to most people in our society as the status of a dog is almost human like. When I hear dog eater I am hurt by the actual idea and all that is implied in people’s tone. It is an insult full of disgust that indicates one as foreign to the basic principles of this society.