Despite authors Min-Zhan Lu and Anzaldua being in similar situations they both responded differently to society trying to conform them from their culture in order to be “socially accepted”. ”Like others having or living in more than one culture, we get multiple, often opposing messages.” (Anzaldua pg.78).
What you do and the way you react in order to stand up for yourself, your beliefs, your culture, etc. is going to impact the rest of your life. Knowing that you should make sure your decisions are beneficial to your growth instead of leaving an everlasting negative affect on you as a person. For example, Lu suffered from an identity crisis and had an emotional mindset due to the fact she had limits on how she could write and speak in school …show more content…
“For when I listen to my daughter, to students, and to some composition teachers talking about the teaching and learning of writing, I am often alarmed by the degree to which the metaphor of a survival tool dominates their understanding of language as it once dominated my own.”(Min-Zhan Lu pg.447). Lu recognized the fact that language was a big issue for her growing up, and those emotions still affect her even as an adult. Anzaldua still had to overcome obstacles as a teacher, because administrators didn't approve of chicano studies. She would school her students in secrecy knowing she could possibly lose her career. “Because the future depends on the breaking down of paradigms, it depends .on the straddling of two or more ,cultures.”(Anzaldua pg.80). Gloria Anzaldua knew a change needed to happen with the way schools were set up to only accommodate and accept one culture, and did not hesitate to voice her opinion. She wanted change for all future generations and used herself to set an example for all. If it wasn't for people with the same mindset as Anzaldua we would probably be stuck in a society where one culture is made up to be more important than all others, and there would be people like Lu who gets stuck trying to find themselves in between it
What you do and the way you react in order to stand up for yourself, your beliefs, your culture, etc. is going to impact the rest of your life. Knowing that you should make sure your decisions are beneficial to your growth instead of leaving an everlasting negative affect on you as a person. For example, Lu suffered from an identity crisis and had an emotional mindset due to the fact she had limits on how she could write and speak in school …show more content…
“For when I listen to my daughter, to students, and to some composition teachers talking about the teaching and learning of writing, I am often alarmed by the degree to which the metaphor of a survival tool dominates their understanding of language as it once dominated my own.”(Min-Zhan Lu pg.447). Lu recognized the fact that language was a big issue for her growing up, and those emotions still affect her even as an adult. Anzaldua still had to overcome obstacles as a teacher, because administrators didn't approve of chicano studies. She would school her students in secrecy knowing she could possibly lose her career. “Because the future depends on the breaking down of paradigms, it depends .on the straddling of two or more ,cultures.”(Anzaldua pg.80). Gloria Anzaldua knew a change needed to happen with the way schools were set up to only accommodate and accept one culture, and did not hesitate to voice her opinion. She wanted change for all future generations and used herself to set an example for all. If it wasn't for people with the same mindset as Anzaldua we would probably be stuck in a society where one culture is made up to be more important than all others, and there would be people like Lu who gets stuck trying to find themselves in between it