Amy Tan Mother Tongue Summary
My response is on “Mother Tongue” which is the story of Amy Tan’s successful mother and her struggles with societies views on different dialects of English. The main idea of this story is that society may take a somewhat offensive stance on accents and dialects and assume many things.
I agree with this idea for the pure fact that, yes people do judge people based on certain things, that is just how animals work. Is it unhealthy to stereotype people? Of course. Is it natural of humanity? Undoubtedly and unfortunately yes. The main idea in this reading has affected my family on my mother's side greatly, my grandmother and grandfather were Polish and spoke with a decent accent. My grandmother’s accent is far heavier than my grandfather’s she was
I agree with this idea for the pure fact that, yes people do judge people based on certain things, that is just how animals work. Is it unhealthy to stereotype people? Of course. Is it natural of humanity? Undoubtedly and unfortunately yes. The main idea in this reading has affected my family on my mother's side greatly, my grandmother and grandfather were Polish and spoke with a decent accent. My grandmother’s accent is far heavier than my grandfather’s she was