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Analysis Of Mother Tongue By Amy Tan

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Tan, Amy. "Mother Tongue." The Opposite of Fate. Penguin Books. 2004. pp.270 to 279. Amy Tan has described a common problem which nine out of ten people are facing; the effective communication. She has told about how people use different dialects depending on who they are talking to. The primary focus of her reading is to prioritize intent over the grammar as from a very young age she has been a translator because of coming from a Chinese background. Seeing her mother struggle with her English communication, Amy usually felt embarrassed as people would always mistreat her mother. She has used the words like, “Broken” and “Fractured”, symbolizing them to a way of non-fluent English communication. She has described many instances in which she had to be the voice for her mother so that people would take her mother seriously. She believes with the experience that people only respect each other more, if they are able to present and convey their ideas, emotions, and feelings clearly. Later, she talks about her experiences with language and how she was encouraged to be a better writer and communicator. Amy Tan, has struggled a lot as she was a Chinese American. Her mother language was very different from the language spoken in her city. Despite the challenge, she managed the language spoken by her mom and the language she adopted here. Amy uses various tones throughout, from guilty to gracious, annoyed to appreciative. Hazlitt, William. “On

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