Free Write: Cell Phones

The cellular telephone was named for it's obvious purpose of purveying sound.  It's original and sole purpose is to send the sounds of one person's voice to the ear of another and vice versa.  However, now cell phones are programed to send actual text, pictures, and other media not dealing with sound.  This change occurred because text is convenient, more private, and less of an event.  In order to talk on the phone you need an appropriate setting and time.  Today, if you find yourself at a loud and busy concert, getting held late at work, or on the move and too busy to talk, you can send the message you are trying to convey silently with text.  It is less personal and more direct.  My dad always laughs about how easy boys have it today, when they can just ask a girl out over a text.  It is much easier to say anything over a text.  It is almost like people develop a certain personality (sometimes different from their real-life one) over their texting.