I really enjoyed this particular essay, I thought that Anzaldua did an excellent job informing the reader about her struggles and how she refused to reject her culture for the sake of belonging. When she writes in Spanish, she is verbally telling us about who she is. I feel as if Anzaldua really tried to stay true to herself and her language, which is why she switches to Spanish throughout the essay. I really admired her want to learn and listen to what people were saying. Anzaldua writes about her real-life experiences and how she is being shaped into something she's not, her mother was “mortified that she spoke English like a Mexican.” Yet when she informed her teacher as to how to pronounce
I really enjoyed this particular essay, I thought that Anzaldua did an excellent job informing the reader about her struggles and how she refused to reject her culture for the sake of belonging. When she writes in Spanish, she is verbally telling us about who she is. I feel as if Anzaldua really tried to stay true to herself and her language, which is why she switches to Spanish throughout the essay. I really admired her want to learn and listen to what people were saying. Anzaldua writes about her real-life experiences and how she is being shaped into something she's not, her mother was “mortified that she spoke English like a Mexican.” Yet when she informed her teacher as to how to pronounce