Prof. Kantor English 116 15th Oct 2014 Comparison of “Mother Tongue” and “How to Tame a wild Tongue” I have read through two articles and I have my own thought about them. The two articles author‚ Amy Tan (Mother Tongue) and Gloria Anzaldua (How to Tame…) both discussed the topic about the language and life. They have many common points such as they all born in a bilingual family‚ and it brought a great change in their lives. The difference is two articles have different focus. “Mother
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Major Paper 1: Personal Essay on Language and Identity Language partially defines identity‚ it only defines identity to a certain degree‚ one’s actions and life choices could also define identity to some extent. I think this is an arguable claim because‚ truly‚ language and the way we speak does define us partially at least. Language can never define us completely. I think what really makes my claim arguable is the fact that I chose the middle ground‚ language may define us but not to a full extent
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writer you choose the direction you will follow when communicating to your reader .To a degree you hold the “power” of defining yourself. Should you allow others to dictate you’re identity We have three writers Kincaid‚ Fanon and Anzaldua‚ all with similar viewpoints‚ however all electing to communicate their story differently through language. All expressing their beliefs differently (between there tone‚ and careful choice of words)‚ all speaking about events they have either witness
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which refers to those who happen to occupy the characteristic of both Serious Man and Rhetorical Man. In this short essay‚ I present three figures which I believe fit in each of the aforementioned category. Those three figures are John Locke‚ Gloria Anzaldúa‚ and Maria W. Stewart. Serious Man A figure taken in representing Serious Man is John Locke. This kind
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intend to showcase the victim’s weakness. As homosexual‚ especially‚ feminine homosexual guys are compare to women as the weak sex. For the perpetrators‚ the speaker lacks of masculinity and therefore is an anomaly. Gender Hybrid Deliberately‚ Anzaldúa chooses to create a dichotomy between the victim and the rapists. The speaker introduces himself as homosexual and as a whore‚ but she introduces the men as aggressive and homophobic. Therefore‚ she dissociates from the men. In fact‚ this
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“My Perspective of a Wild Tongue” “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”‚ by Gloria Anzaldua‚ is a very expressive story about a Mexican American women’s struggle to preserve her culture. Her main fight revolves around a struggle to keep a form of Spanish‚ called “Chicano Spanish”‚ a live. In the short story she says‚ " for a people who cannot entirely identify with either standard (formal‚ Castilian) Spanish‚ or standard English‚ what recourse is left to them but to create their own language?"(page
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language-based violence is still novel to mainstream society. As the readings this week illustrated‚ language based violence and physical violence occasionally share a common root in gender-based oppression. Both Solnit and Anzaldúa write specifically about how "language is a male discourse" (Anzaldúa: 78) and how this discourse creates a knowledge among women that "this is not their world" (Solnit 2008). hooks states that the oppression created by structured languages and spaces as intertwined. She argues that
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effect on every part of your life. With culture comes customs‚ morals‚ and beliefs. Culture is what makes you unique. In Chicana Artists: Exploring Nepantla‚ el Lugar de la Frontera‚ Gloria Anzaldua explains how much of in impact their culture inspire the way they express themselves through their artwork. Gloria Anzaldua tells why her culture is so significant in her art‚ and why it could be in yours also. Although‚ the Chicana artists are heavily influenced by their culture‚ my art is influenced by my
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The author talks about the dilemma she faced about her own language and how she represents herself through her language. Gloria Anzaldua who is a Chicano talks about how Chicanas have problems expressing their feelings. Since they lack a native language‚ instead it is a product of several languages. And their language Chicano Spanish has incorporated bits and pieces of several versions of Spanish. The author speaks about people who are neither Spanish nor live in a country in which Spanish is the
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Cited: Anzaldúa‚ Gloria. “How to Tame a Wild Tongue.” 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology. Ed. Samuel Cohen. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2004. 22-34. PDF file. Rodriguez‚ Richard. “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood.” American Scholar 50 (1981): 25-42. PDF file
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