Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue
The essay I want to write on is Mother Tongue, which is written by Amy Tan. This article recalls me some adversities when the first few days I came to the United States. Amy is an ethnic Chinese writer who was born and living in United States. She was faced with language problem during her life. In this essay, Amy Tan talks about her mother’s broken grammar and the dialogue in English without grammar between her mother and her. But when Amy talks with other people, gives a speech, or writing, she will had perfect spoken English. Therefore, that is why she wrote this essay, I think I can understand Tan's experiences very well in several ways because I have experienced much of which she write about.
At the beginning of this essay by saying “I am a writer. And by definition, I am someone who has always loved language. I am fascinated by language in daily life. I spend a great deal of time thinking about the power of language— the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all — all the Englishes I grew up with.” Obviously, language is very important in our daily life, especially when you are in a foreigner country. I still remember that our family first trip abroad and have a short traveling. At that time, I could only speak a few English in daily conversation, just like hello, how are you, thank you, and so on. These does worked, but not very. It was so unbelievable to me. From then on, I realized that there are many different languages in our world, and it really did work.
It is no doubt that language would be very useful to connect individuals into a community. However language is a double-edged sword, it also has a power that comes with a people alienated from the community. Obviously, Tan’s mother and I belong to the latter. I have the similar experience with this essay very much, because I can not control English skills very well, neither.
Speaking is a huge
The essay I want to write on is Mother Tongue, which is written by Amy Tan. This article recalls me some adversities when the first few days I came to the United States. Amy is an ethnic Chinese writer who was born and living in United States. She was faced with language problem during her life. In this essay, Amy Tan talks about her mother’s broken grammar and the dialogue in English without grammar between her mother and her. But when Amy talks with other people, gives a speech, or writing, she will had perfect spoken English. Therefore, that is why she wrote this essay, I think I can understand Tan's experiences very well in several ways because I have experienced much of which she write about.
At the beginning of this essay by saying “I am a writer. And by definition, I am someone who has always loved language. I am fascinated by language in daily life. I spend a great deal of time thinking about the power of language— the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all — all the Englishes I grew up with.” Obviously, language is very important in our daily life, especially when you are in a foreigner country. I still remember that our family first trip abroad and have a short traveling. At that time, I could only speak a few English in daily conversation, just like hello, how are you, thank you, and so on. These does worked, but not very. It was so unbelievable to me. From then on, I realized that there are many different languages in our world, and it really did work.
It is no doubt that language would be very useful to connect individuals into a community. However language is a double-edged sword, it also has a power that comes with a people alienated from the community. Obviously, Tan’s mother and I belong to the latter. I have the similar experience with this essay very much, because I can not control English skills very well, neither.
Speaking is a huge