Souvankham Thammavongs How To Pronounce Knife

The short story “How to pronounce knife” by Souvankham Thammavongs argues that when a person is comfortable with their language and culture, being bullied has little to no negative effects on their personal identity. In this part of the story, Joy reads all the words in the booklet to get a prize for the first time. she is trying her best to only be told that she was pretty much stupid by a classmate”“It's knife! The k is silent," and rolls her eyes as if there was nothing easier in the world to know.” Or when her classmates make fun of her for her chitterlings at lunch trying to make her feel bad about her smell but confidently she said ”You wouldn't know a good thing even if five hundred pounds of it came and sat on your face!" Joy is an