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permanent” (Marilyn vos Savant). Within the short text “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” this idea is explored in numerous ways as the various groups of people attempt to gain more rights within their community and society as a whole. They come to the realization that the ways in which they are treated is in an unjust manner. Others treated them as if they are insignificant and powerless. Therefore, in Gloria Anzaldua’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” she confronts how many Hispanic minorities, especially women, are

In the essay “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, Tan asserts the idea that we speak different languages to communicate with each other and adding that our intelligence is judged by the way we speak. I strongly believe that people who speak eloquently is an indicator of intelligence but is not a defining factor of intelligence. Tan is quite amazed by language and uses it as a part of her work. She observes experiences that helped her notice the different type of Englishes she uses and as a child of Chinese

Factors Helping Children Learn Their Native Tongue There are many factors as to how a child may be able to learn their native tongue at a very young age. Each of these factors has advantages and disadvantages in a child’s learning to speak their native tongue and some are more effective than others. This essay will discuss each of these factors and how important they are. Some of the factors that will be included in this essay are the children imitating their parents

Reading “Mother Tongue” again, while using the techniques from module two, Amy Tan’s goal has not changed. She enlightened the audience to the barriers that still exist today. By understanding that a problem exists is the first step to problem resolution. Since this was personal for the author, there were many heartfelt emotions associated within this text. I feel that the author has achieved her goal. There are many techniques, however, I feel she utilized everything to her advantage, which she

relationships with their customers, in turn, customers spend more money buying their wares. Another example is the relationship between parents and children. Two texts that focus on these relationships are; “Only Daughter” by Sandra Cisneros and “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan. The texts heavily revolve around the familial connection between a parent and a daughter. Actually, it s so emphasized on that connection, you might say to yourself,”Why is this so important?” It's important because connections go hand

The poems ‘Half Caste’ by John Agard and ‘Search for my tongue’ by Sujata Bhatt main purpose is to entertain the reader but both poems also do explore a much deeper theme of how identity is important when the two different cultures come together. The poets deal with this theme in a number of different ways. For example Bhatt’s ‘Search for my tongue’ expresses the importance of her identity by using English,Gujerah and then English again. She wrote it in this way so that when the readers view the

Gloria Anzaldua, an American writer, passionately displays her mixed feelings of the Spanish and American differences of culture and language through the pages of How to Tame a Wild Tongue. She consistently proves her identity through the use of Spanish language in the text, albeit the text is primarily in English. However, Anazaldua is not a Mexican citizen, she still feels so deeply connected to its’ culture. Even so she can speak English and has struggled with the barriers that arise, she continues

A Literary Analysis on “Mother Tongue” By Demetria Martinez “His nation chewed him up and spat him out like a pinon shell, and when he emerged from an airplane one late afternoon, I knew I would one day make love with him” (Martinez, 3). And so it starts, the story of a nineteen year old Mexican- American girl named Mary (Maria; as he only chooses to call her), who helps out and eventually falls in love with Jose Luis Alegria, a Salvadoran refugee. Martínez's story of María is told against

my culture, my upbringing, my language and my ideals represents. I am the person who came from a country name India and who speaks languages like Hindi, Gujarati, and English. I am a person who can be what I want to be.” In “How to Tame the Wild Tongue”, Anzaldua is trying to connect language to identify people. In her writing, she uses Spanish and English dialects to make a point that she is proud of her Chicano language, which

different, but Anzaldúa’s words about duality make me think of the oddness I experience when I am in my hometown with my birth class. In Chapter 5, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”, Gloria Anzaldúa exposes how it was truly like to live in the United States as a Mexican immigrant. When she wrote that she was punished for speaking her native tongue in school, it saddened me. It made me mad that even her own mother did not like that she voices English as a Mexican yet that is how she was raised. Immigrants should