. Many authors have discussed the impact language has on both unifying and isolating two worlds. Jhumpa Lahiri, author of " Trading Stories", discusses her use of books to connect her Indian and American life. Similarly, Nate Marshall, writer of "A Code Switch Memoir", observes the connection between art and the English language. Lastly, Gloria Anzaldua, writer of "How to Tame a Wild Tongue", includes her Chicano life into her teaching lessons.
Jhumpa Lahiri 's passion for reading and writing helped link her Indian and American heritage. Lahiri grew up with Indian parents in the United States. She read many books and wrote many stories that gave her a glimpse of American life. In fact, she states, "For me the act of reading was one of …show more content…
The books she read were private, they weren 't shared with her parents. She claims " For though they had created me, and reared me, and lived with me, day after day, I knew that I was a stranger to them, an American child". Because her parents only knew about their Indian culture and were not introduced to it through the use of language, they did not understand their daughters American lifestyle.
Similarly, for Nate Marshall, language caused a disconnect between his home English and his academic English. Marshall distinctly mentions that his family and friends spoke English in different ways for different situations. He states " The idea that words had specific patterns to be followed did not make sense to me, though I did not know how to articulate why". Marshall had a difficult time connecting the english he heard outside of school with the standard english that was generally …show more content…
Marshall grew up listening to rap music which usually involves codeswitching. Then, when he would be forced to write in standard english at school. Then, he realized that all writers use code switching to make their personal art. He stated " I saw his words not as the work of a stuffy dead man in tights but rather the musings and music of a man in his time unafraid to use the vulgarities, vagarities, and languages of his era to create popular art". Through Shakespeare, Marshall was inspired to combine the different dialects he heard with his own poetry and rap.
Lastly, for Gloria Anzaldua, language enabled her to include her Chicano culture into her classroom. Anzaldua was a professor and a teacher, throughout her teaching career, she had to beg administrators to let her incorporate Chicano literature into her lessons. She claims " She swore her students to secrecy and snuck in Chicano short stories, a poem, and a play". Then, she was finally able to make Chicano literature an area of focus. Her ability to accept Chicano texts as worthy of reading connected her career with her
Jhumpa Lahiri 's passion for reading and writing helped link her Indian and American heritage. Lahiri grew up with Indian parents in the United States. She read many books and wrote many stories that gave her a glimpse of American life. In fact, she states, "For me the act of reading was one of …show more content…
The books she read were private, they weren 't shared with her parents. She claims " For though they had created me, and reared me, and lived with me, day after day, I knew that I was a stranger to them, an American child". Because her parents only knew about their Indian culture and were not introduced to it through the use of language, they did not understand their daughters American lifestyle.
Similarly, for Nate Marshall, language caused a disconnect between his home English and his academic English. Marshall distinctly mentions that his family and friends spoke English in different ways for different situations. He states " The idea that words had specific patterns to be followed did not make sense to me, though I did not know how to articulate why". Marshall had a difficult time connecting the english he heard outside of school with the standard english that was generally …show more content…
Marshall grew up listening to rap music which usually involves codeswitching. Then, when he would be forced to write in standard english at school. Then, he realized that all writers use code switching to make their personal art. He stated " I saw his words not as the work of a stuffy dead man in tights but rather the musings and music of a man in his time unafraid to use the vulgarities, vagarities, and languages of his era to create popular art". Through Shakespeare, Marshall was inspired to combine the different dialects he heard with his own poetry and rap.
Lastly, for Gloria Anzaldua, language enabled her to include her Chicano culture into her classroom. Anzaldua was a professor and a teacher, throughout her teaching career, she had to beg administrators to let her incorporate Chicano literature into her lessons. She claims " She swore her students to secrecy and snuck in Chicano short stories, a poem, and a play". Then, she was finally able to make Chicano literature an area of focus. Her ability to accept Chicano texts as worthy of reading connected her career with her