In the short story "Mother Tongue", written by Amy Tan, is a wonderful story that addresses how language is not only a tool of communication, but a tool of measuring individual worth. Amy, a daughter of chinese immigrants, shares her personal story of the awareness and discrimination between broken and standard english. In addition, she describes her life with her mother and the hardships they had to face due to her mother's imperfect english in America.
In the United States, you are required to know how to read, write and most of all know how to speak english. Tan knew how to speak chinese and english very well, but her mother did not. As a teen, she constantly had to be her mother's translator, which was embarrassing to her.
In the United States, you are required to know how to read, write and most of all know how to speak english. Tan knew how to speak chinese and english very well, but her mother did not. As a teen, she constantly had to be her mother's translator, which was embarrassing to her.