Bilingual In Amy Tan's A Person With Several Words

A Person with Several Words
Most people today, are exposed to new languages and cultures because they are forced into moving to a new country. The majority of people move to a new country to improve themselves economically,and educationally. Migration has created benefits to many because they are given the opportunity to become bilingual. The bilingual group can represent negative and positive connotations to each individual present in this world. The simple fact that a person is fluent in one language while they are not as fluent in the other can cause frustration. The person who is bilingual might be educated but yet faces obstacles as we see in the character which Amy Tan writes about. Tan’s character expresses what it mean to be bilingual in …show more content…
This is the cost bilingual people face because most are ashamed by others because their ability to communicate in that specific language is not as fluent. Most people, perceive that in order for someone to be considered bilingual he or she to verbally speak in two different language. Although, the author Michele J. Bornert reveal through her character her perspection of being bilingual can be someone who is death and uses sign language. Sign language is a language spoken by many which open a world full of many words. All people are named by their parents and their names might reflect the language their parents speak. A name can represents a different experience through being bilingual as Firoozeh Dumas emphasize through the character. A name can represent a person’s but may cause confusion when they are forced to choose what