Rhetorical Reading Response: Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” In the essay “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan (1990)‚ which discusses her mother’s way of speaking through “broken English”‚ Tan explores the different “Englishes” that she has come into contact with in her everyday life; these variations have presented struggles in her mother’s life. Tan illustrates this to her audience by giving examples of the struggles her mother was faced with due to “her” English and the many versions of English that surrounds
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families‚ especially where the mother is the major breadwinner‚ it is financially impossible for her to stop work without considerable state support. However many studies also point to the years before a child starts school as the most important in its educational and emotional development. As early childhood is the most formative period of development for a child it is important that a mother has as much time to devote to her children as possible. By staying at home mothers could ensure that the next
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importantly‚ my mother is one of the most supportive pillars in my life. She inspires me to do well every day‚ and her prowess as a mother and as an assimilated immigrant is undoubtedly influential. I hope to become much like my mother in the future‚ for she is an amazing parent and person amongst everyone else. When Mother moved to Boston‚ she was a beautician student who attended school in New York. “Why not go to school in Massachusetts?” you may ask. The simple answer was my mother wanted the best
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to tear up... She looked over at her daughter‚ moving her hand up to her mouth trying to hold back the tears as she looked at her‚ one tear dropping from her eyes to the floor. Her daughter name Annabelle looked at her‚ and instantly knew what her mother was crying about. She ran up to her room and locked the door behind her and layed on her bed bursting into tears as she sat there thinking about about what the future holds for her now. She sat up wipeing the tears after she had sat there for awhile
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Filipino’s are known to be closed-family ties and this is only if all of the members are united and having common goals. A happy family is composing of a Father who must be responsible and a mother who is courageous in taking care of her children. Whenever one of these aspects is missing‚ there is a problem that may occur. A family shall have a good relationship in each member and by attaining this‚ they must come up with at least common denominator. For instance‚ if the Father of the family is
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English Essay –”My Mother and her Sister” Losing a sister or a parent is very difficult to come to terms with‚ and death itself may even put your own life in perspective. It can make people wonder if what they have done with their lives is what they wanted to do. Did they live their lives fully‚ did they go the places they wanted to go‚ see the things they wanted to see? In the text “My mother and her sister” by Jane Rogers‚ the narrator has just lost her mother‚ and although her aunt Lucy
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1 interviewed my mother In my family we do not often talk about the so odd topic‚ “sex”. We are an open family but talking about‚ “sex” is such a weird topic to each other; we all know we have all experienced it but have never discussed it with one or another. I was a little unease to talk about my mother about this huge topic and surprised her a bit when I did. My mom is currently 42 years old and was a teen mother‚ at the age of 17‚ same age as I am now. I have heard stories about her struggle
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The Monkeys and Their Mother The mother of the two monkeys fondles one of her babies‚ hoping to give it the greatest affection and making it well-protected‚ but to her big surprise and sadness‚ her beloved baby died from her over-affection. I was deeply touched by the last sentence of the story: “The best intentions will not always ensure success.” There is no doubt that this sentence is thought-provoking. It is very common nowadays that many parents try their best to offer their daring the best
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Another poem which conceives the theme of loss is “Mother‚ Any Distance”. The link between them is the grief of when the child has to move on and find their own path moving away from their old home and family. This is conveyed through “ I reached towards the hatch”‚ where Armitage uses the verb “reach” to amplify that it still has to take effort for the persona to be able to retrieve what he wants. By reaching towards the hatch‚ he is moving away from something‚ linking to the context‚ it could be
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior How do you raise your child in the best way? Is it the Western or Chinese methods to prefer? That is the big question in this article. Amy Chua takes her starting point in her own life‚ where she raises her two daughters‚ Sophia and Louisa. Their upbringing is influenced by the Chinese methods. Amy Chua never allowed them to attend a sleepover or get any grade less than an A for instance.1 The sender of this article is the 50-year old Chinese woman‚ Amy Chua‚ who
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