Synthesis Essay Group 
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If you look up the definition of writing, it is described as “a form of technology, not a form of language” but if you ask a writer, they might say that writing in merely a derivative and that
“good writing comes from good reading”. Both examples are different perspectives of the definition of writing but Samuel Johnson provides a more directed look at the writer. Without a writer there can be no writing. He stated that “the task of an author is either to teach what is not known or to recommend known truths by his manner of adorning them”. By successfully achieving these goals a writer sheds “new light” to a topic in the mind of the reader and provides new perspectives to issues previously known.
Through the use of writing, writers are given the freedom to tell something something as little importance as an anecdote, a thought, a feeling, or an opinion on paper. During the process, writers use various types of writing techniques to be universally understood by the readers. This may include their use of diction and style, but some writers use dialect to create their work. This applies to the novel “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan. Tan explains that she
“began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with.” How these “different Englishes” or even a language other than English contributes to identity is a crucial issue for adolescents.
She ultimately reveals, that in a way, she is writing for her mothersomeone who has a
‘language barrier’ (what society usually labels). “Apart from what a critic had to say about my writing, I knew I had succeeded where it counted when my mother finished reading a book and
gave me her verdict: “So easy to read”.”(Amy Tan, Mother Tongue.) Ultimately, Tan wants to emphasize the idea that “broken English”, the language that her mother speaks, is but a beauty of it’s own and not a barrier. Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” is a great example of Johnson’s notion
“The task of an author is…to let in new
If you look up the definition of writing, it is described as “a form of technology, not a form of language” but if you ask a writer, they might say that writing in merely a derivative and that
“good writing comes from good reading”. Both examples are different perspectives of the definition of writing but Samuel Johnson provides a more directed look at the writer. Without a writer there can be no writing. He stated that “the task of an author is either to teach what is not known or to recommend known truths by his manner of adorning them”. By successfully achieving these goals a writer sheds “new light” to a topic in the mind of the reader and provides new perspectives to issues previously known.
Through the use of writing, writers are given the freedom to tell something something as little importance as an anecdote, a thought, a feeling, or an opinion on paper. During the process, writers use various types of writing techniques to be universally understood by the readers. This may include their use of diction and style, but some writers use dialect to create their work. This applies to the novel “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan. Tan explains that she
“began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with.” How these “different Englishes” or even a language other than English contributes to identity is a crucial issue for adolescents.
She ultimately reveals, that in a way, she is writing for her mothersomeone who has a
‘language barrier’ (what society usually labels). “Apart from what a critic had to say about my writing, I knew I had succeeded where it counted when my mother finished reading a book and
gave me her verdict: “So easy to read”.”(Amy Tan, Mother Tongue.) Ultimately, Tan wants to emphasize the idea that “broken English”, the language that her mother speaks, is but a beauty of it’s own and not a barrier. Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” is a great example of Johnson’s notion
“The task of an author is…to let in new