If someone speaks a language different from the majority of society, he will be alienated because he is seen as different from the rest of society. All throughout the short story, Chinaz’s husband constantly corrects her English and tells her the right expressions to avoid drawing attention to the difference in her linguistics. People who speak English as their second language will always have a different way of speaking the language which separates them and makes them unique. The biggest way to take someone’s idea of identity away is to take their name, and that is just what Chinaz’s husband does to her. He tells her,” You have to use your English name here,” so he changes her name to Agatha Bell, taking the little bit of identity that Chinaz had left (Adichie 172-73). The text excerpt points out how Chinaz says she only speaks English with her husband, but every chance she gets, she not only speaks Igbo but also teaches it to Nia. Chinaz may act like a regular American when she is out in public or with her husband, but she is still clinging onto her language since it gives her that sense of identity that she cannot get from anywhere
If someone speaks a language different from the majority of society, he will be alienated because he is seen as different from the rest of society. All throughout the short story, Chinaz’s husband constantly corrects her English and tells her the right expressions to avoid drawing attention to the difference in her linguistics. People who speak English as their second language will always have a different way of speaking the language which separates them and makes them unique. The biggest way to take someone’s idea of identity away is to take their name, and that is just what Chinaz’s husband does to her. He tells her,” You have to use your English name here,” so he changes her name to Agatha Bell, taking the little bit of identity that Chinaz had left (Adichie 172-73). The text excerpt points out how Chinaz says she only speaks English with her husband, but every chance she gets, she not only speaks Igbo but also teaches it to Nia. Chinaz may act like a regular American when she is out in public or with her husband, but she is still clinging onto her language since it gives her that sense of identity that she cannot get from anywhere