Mother Tongue by Amy Tan Essay

There are two stories that are very similar in the text. Se Habla Espanol by Tanya Maria Barrientos and Mother Tongue by Amy Tan are both about young women who are children, immigrants. They both have different stereotypes that they must overcome. In this day and time, there are different stereotypes, with these stereotypes different people are affected. She would soon gain acceptance of her culture after accepting who she was. Barrientos moved to the U.S. when she was three years old. She is a…

not find fault in comparing ones language skills and abilities to their own. Even if every country has its own method of communication. Others however seem to believe that by doing this they are doing native speakers a favor. In the essay “Mother Tongue,” Amy Tan discusses her situation of letting society influence her thoughts of language. Myriam Marquez in “Why and When We Speak Spanish in Public,” discusses using her native language in public. In Deustcher “Does Your Language shape how you…

You can either shorten what you’re saying or create meaning out of thin air. Like with Mother Tongue, it’s intimacy that connects expression with thought. Maybe you can’t express your love for someone in the traditional sense of language, but you can through common interest. In the essay Motorcycle Talk by Thomas Simmons, he explores that very…

lifestyle. It plays a major role when we are searching for a job because most employers are seeking people who can speak languages that meet the needs of their clients. From reading Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue,” we are informed of how she portrays her English language as a daughter, student and as a writer. Like Amy Tan, I was raised in a bilingual family and the transition from one language to another…

school, and other open settings. In these cases, a large number of the people whose first language is not English are judged on the grounds that they experience difficulty speaking with the individuals who communicate in English. In Amy Tan’s article, “The Mother Tongue”, she wrote how being bilingual can affect the individuals. Richard Rodriguez wrote “Aria A Memoir of a Bilingual…

“Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan is a story about the different ways to speak English she used to communicate with different people throughout her childhood. I agree with her that our intelligence is judged by the way we speak. Tan described that the language she was taught in her family by her mother’s tongue has affected her English greatly. As a child, she often felt ashamed when she observed that her mother was disrespected by bank services, department stores and restaurants. Many formal English…

Angelou’s “Graduation” Amy gives the reader an emotional input of an event in her life that places the reader in the mindset of Amy as a child. Amy begins the story by describing her love for language, “I am a writer. And by that definition, I am someone who has always loved language.” Amy very deeply expresses her love for language which sets the tone as well as the mood of the story. Tan begins to describe the “different Englishes” she uses. When describing this Amy uses both pathos and…

expected of them, even if it is just a different language. The writings of people, while very similar, have a great number of differences. My literacy narrative is about how I have come to learn how to read and write. Mother Goose in Monterrey by Sofia Gomez and Mother Tongue by Amy Tan, on the other hand, are about how their families immigrated to the United States and had the need to learn…

After reading Amy Tan’s, “Mother Tongue” and Paule Marshall’s, “From the Poets in the Kitchen” I pondered and formed several opinions and reactions about these two pieces of literature. Both stories compare and contrast in many ways. In Marshall’s story, she explains how listening to her mother and her friend’s in the kitchen throughout her years as a child had blossomed her as a writer and a person. Marshall reveals instances of how this occurred and what effects it had on her mother, her…

Metaphors A metaphor is a figure of speech that refers to something being the same as another thing. A name given to something else with a similar figurative meaning. We use metaphors everyday of our lives. In our everyday texts and when we speak. Metaphors are used by writers to make you think about something of find a new meaning in something. Metaphors are a way to say something without having to straight out say it. Metaphors helps us illustrate a way of thinking, they help illustrate the…