Bonjour, maîtrisez-vous le français? French is a beautiful language, furthermore not always simple to learn when jumping into a situation when expected to be fluent. In the article “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris the main claim of speaking pretty French is that it’s not always pretty in the beginning. Therefore, when moving to France to learn French, the natives aren't always welcoming. Even with extensive work, it’s still difficult to speak the language, and occasionally your best is not enough. Furthermore, never stop trying it is conquerable.
Moving to a foreign country can be difficult especially for the main character who was expected to understand and be able to communicate with the natives successfully immediately after moving to France. When in fact the character could not speak French, it was stated by the author how he was made to feel. “My fear and discomfort crept beyond the borders of my classroom and accompanied me out onto the wide boulevards, where, no matter how hard I tried, there was no escaping the feeling of terror I felt whenever anyone asked me a question.” (Sedaris 24:1) Along with the beginning of the story where he had also mentioned, “That’s the way they do it here – it’s …show more content…
The professor in the story makes all of her pupils feel lesser of an individual. The professor is rude and hateful to all of her students along with the main character. Although he is working to learn French, he felt as if the public didn’t accept him due to his lack of communication and only felt comfort knowing he wasn’t alone in this feeling. The author states, “My only comfort was the knowledge that I was not alone. Huddled in the smoky hallways and making the most of our pathetic French, my fellow students and I engaged in the sort of conversation commonly overheard in refugee camps.” (Sedaris 25:1&2) Something like this would make you want to give up and go home, although our character did
Moving to a foreign country can be difficult especially for the main character who was expected to understand and be able to communicate with the natives successfully immediately after moving to France. When in fact the character could not speak French, it was stated by the author how he was made to feel. “My fear and discomfort crept beyond the borders of my classroom and accompanied me out onto the wide boulevards, where, no matter how hard I tried, there was no escaping the feeling of terror I felt whenever anyone asked me a question.” (Sedaris 24:1) Along with the beginning of the story where he had also mentioned, “That’s the way they do it here – it’s …show more content…
The professor in the story makes all of her pupils feel lesser of an individual. The professor is rude and hateful to all of her students along with the main character. Although he is working to learn French, he felt as if the public didn’t accept him due to his lack of communication and only felt comfort knowing he wasn’t alone in this feeling. The author states, “My only comfort was the knowledge that I was not alone. Huddled in the smoky hallways and making the most of our pathetic French, my fellow students and I engaged in the sort of conversation commonly overheard in refugee camps.” (Sedaris 25:1&2) Something like this would make you want to give up and go home, although our character did