Poem Analysis: An Analysis Of Mother's Tongue By Any Tan

“Mother Tongue” Analysis
“Mothers Tongue” by Any Tan was the topic I chose for my final assignment. This writing piece shares the sentiments of the writer based on the different types of English she has known and uses in her everyday life. With the few examples shared, It can be noted that if you lack the fluency of verbalizing the English Language you are faced with the chances of being ridiculed, judged and misinterpreted but it does not defy one’s faculties of being astute.
I am not Bilingual neither do I have parents who are. But, I can relate to Amy Tan when she said that she grew up using different “Englishes”. I come from an Island where it was first inherited by the Spaniards then the French and later the English conquered. My forefathers made or created a dialect called Patois which is a mixture of the three languages and that is how they all communicated and this language was brought down to new generations, this language was not taught in schools but this is the language we used to communicate with our elders. Tan 's mother was ridiculed in so many ways, but what personally touched me was the fact that at the mere age of fifteen, she had to disguise her voice and pretend that she was her mother on the telephone saying what needed to be said on behalf of her mom even if she had to yell to bring forth …show more content…
Tan was able to attend English schools where she learnt how to read and write English some of the words she could not even pronounce. But she learnt different ways to communicate with every crowd, she was with but never forgot how to communicate with her mother,she felt comfortable in speaking the language it was the way they could