The text “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”, by Gloria Anzaldúa is from her famous work “Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. The New Mestiza is acclaimed to be her most outstanding work. In the text, she mentions her struggles with controlling her tongue. It is a struggle for Anzaldúa to control her tongue because she has been influenced by multiple dialects that have altered her own. The multiple imprints of dialects that she has learned has hindered not only her schoolwork, but also attributed to the linguistic terrorism that Anzaldúa illustrates. The imprints she dealt with consisted with being treated uneven when speaking Spanish and how her languages illustrate her. Anzaldúa uses both ethical and logical appeals to connect with the audience
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She describes her personal experience as “I remember being sent to the corner of the classroom for “talking back” to the Anglo teacher when all I was trying to do was tell her how to pronounce my name”(Anzaldúa 19). When Anzaldúa recalls how the teacher sent her to the corner, it shows how deeply the moment impacted her life by just being her self. Her teacher responds with “If you want to be American, speak ‘American.’ If you don’t like it, go back to Mexico where you belong” (Anzaldúa 19). With Anzaldúa sharing the treatment from her former teacher, she provides evidence on how is shows that she recalled an event that occurred in her past which was bold enough to be remembered. It shows how it was difficult for her to express herself when speaking which was unequal treatment. After she recalled the event she describes it with vivid imagery identifying the location of where it occurred, the Anglo teacher, and remembering what her mother would say. As Anzaldúa describes her past with vivid imagery it builds a deeper connection with the audience since she is going into such detail about her past
She describes her personal experience as “I remember being sent to the corner of the classroom for “talking back” to the Anglo teacher when all I was trying to do was tell her how to pronounce my name”(Anzaldúa 19). When Anzaldúa recalls how the teacher sent her to the corner, it shows how deeply the moment impacted her life by just being her self. Her teacher responds with “If you want to be American, speak ‘American.’ If you don’t like it, go back to Mexico where you belong” (Anzaldúa 19). With Anzaldúa sharing the treatment from her former teacher, she provides evidence on how is shows that she recalled an event that occurred in her past which was bold enough to be remembered. It shows how it was difficult for her to express herself when speaking which was unequal treatment. After she recalled the event she describes it with vivid imagery identifying the location of where it occurred, the Anglo teacher, and remembering what her mother would say. As Anzaldúa describes her past with vivid imagery it builds a deeper connection with the audience since she is going into such detail about her past