Tongue

Jose Ledezma Cervantes Professor Ibarra English 10 27 September 2016 A Tongue without Limitations Throughout the essay “Mother's Tongue” by Amy Tan the author uses a very explicit writing style which makes it clear for the audience to understand what is being expressed and introduced in the essay. Tans essay is a rather personal piece of writing whose purpose is not to evaluate what someone is saying but rather the meaning of the language being used. “Mother’s Tongue’s” audience are immigrants…

Amy Tan's essay ¨Mother Tongue¨ is about language and the barriers it can create when people cannot speak with perfect accuracy or the way that is known as the norm. She uses examples of how language impacted her mother so that she could reach out to others who have had similar experiences and show them that they are not alone, that this happens to other people more often than they might think. Additionally, she uses these examples to show people who aren't affected by a language barrier what…

In “Mother Tongue” Amy Tan discusses the differences in English among different cultural backgrounds. In Tan’s article she focuses on how people are narrow minded towards those of different culture and language backgrounds. She does not criticize nor correct others language. Tan says, “I am not a scholar of English or literature. I cannot give you much more than personal opinions on the English language and its variations in this country or others.” Tan argues that it is not about the whether…

different world and supply you an opportunity to picture yourself. I had the opportunity to be introduced to poetry in my literary themes class and I did not understand the concept of poetry. As I consistently read my assigned poetry book The Gift of Tongues, I could resemble my lifeline. Out of all the poetries that I read, ten of these poems stood out to me describing life. Although all of these poems resemble life, you can view these poems as different aspects of life. The reason why I chose…

Tongue-Tastic Rolling For my pedigree project I did tongue rolling. My dad can roll his tongue but my mom on the other hand can’t. In conclusion to my project I figured out that a lot on my dad’s side could roll their tongues, such as almost all my aunts and one uncle. The only ones who couldn’t are my Aunt Rachel and Aunt Becky. On my mom’s side only my Uncle Scott can. I also learned that my brothers and I can all roll our tongues, which is pretty cool. I can use this in the future to figure…

Revision of mid-term essay How do Tan and Baldwin make the point for the acceptance of the multilingual society? What is multilingual? Well, multilingual is having more than one voice or languages. Multilingual was main acceptance in both Baldwin and Tan piece because the society we are residing in today, people are coming from many different culture and language throughout the world to live together. In order to take control over our circumstances through society today one must put aside their…

Amy Tan, an author of ¨Mother Tongue¨ elaborates about how there's different types of Englishes a person can have or speak. “Lately, I've been going more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as ¨broken¨ or ¨fractured¨ English¨. Her mom who immigrated to America from China speaks English that is considered to be not advanced in Western society. In other words, her mother can’t speak English well as others. From the article, Tan’s position on…

yet assimilated to American ways and customs. In the case of Amy Tan, her mother was affected by her inability to speak English as coherently as others. Her “broken English,” as Tan calls it, caused her to be treated unfairly in society. In “Mother Tongue,” Amy Tan discusses this phenomenon in American culture, and uses stories from her own life to develop a unique stance on the issue. Through the lens of personal anecdotes and other appeals to pathos, Amy Tan connects with…

increasingly become aware of the necessity of speaking out. However, some people still keep silent when injustices happen. In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”, Gloria Anzaldua, a Chicana author, writes about the partial judgment on her accents when she speaks English, but she feels proud of her mother language, Chicano Spanish, because she realizes that her mother tongue is her distinctive identity. Also, she encourages her chicano friends to keep their identities. Likewise, in “To the Lady”, Mitsuye…

Simultaneous Truths Zadie Smith’s “speaking in Tongues” intensely explores the ability to embody more than one voice. Originally a lecture following the inauguration of Barack Obama, Smith compares the then President-Elect to historical figures who share his “irreducible multiplicity” (12). As a biracial man who has lived in multiple states and countries, Obama has the gift to speak to and identify with many different people. Throughout this text, Smith wavers in deciding whether it is…