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    Fish Cheeks, By Amy Tan

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    when they were younger that left them feeling ashamed or upset. In Amy Tan’s short story "Fish Cheeks‚" the author describes an embarrassing moment with her family that she only came to appreciate later in life. Tan was initially uncomfortable with how her traditional family behaved in front of guests‚ thinking they wanted to embarrass her. However‚ she eventually realized that their intention was to instill pride in her culture. Tan initially felt that her mother and the rest of her family were trying

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    Mother Tongue By Amy Tan

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    300 September 30‚ 2015 Beneficially Bilingual Within the writing community there is one category that exists and yet it has not been totally accepted by the academic discourse. Bilingual writing displays not only the knowledge of one language‚ but two and yet is still continuously under acknowledged as an academic writing style. Although‚ known writers have gone against the gain to make an impression on the academic system by providing examples of this technique within their writing. Along with their

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    Mother Tongue by Amy Tan

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    only be a mere reflection of skill without its own story‚ as Amy Tan once said "The goal of every serious writer of literature is to try to find your voice and your art because it comes from your own experiences‚ your own pain." Amy Tan herself writes all of her work with her mother in mind as the reader‚ her inspiration. She writes to show the beautiful and passionate side of her mother that people can’t see. In "Mother Tongue‚" Amy Tan describes how all of the Englishes that she grew up with‚ normal

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    Tongue by Amy Tall Kaé Murray-Francis September 2‚ 2011 Florida Memorial University Recently‚ in my College Writing II class‚ I had the opportunity to read‚ “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan. I enjoyed reading the essay so much that I decided to write my own analysis. “Mother Tongue” is an essay based on the power of language and the will to communicate. However‚ the essay is not just about language itself‚ but also about the relationship between a mother‚ Mrs. Tan‚ and her daughter‚ Amy Tan‚ who moved

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    In Two Kinds‚ Suyuan has had a hard past life and little chance for any opportunities. She believes in the classic American dream‚ that with hard work‚ you can be whatever you want to be. Suyuan has a young daughter‚ Jing-mei‚ and is convinced that her daughter can be a child prodigy. For a long time‚ they try to find any hidden talents of the young girl. They tried many activities ranging from memorizing the Bible to performing acrobatics. At first‚ Jing-mei is excited about the idea of possibly

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    Amy Tan Identity Analysis

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    escaped here to the United States in hopes of finding a better job or just a better lifestyle overall. Amy Tan‚ born in 1952 in Oakland‚ California is famous for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989). In this book‚ it explores the relationship between four traditional Chinese mothers and their four Chinese-American daughters. With focusing more on the mother and daughter from the section of Two Kinds‚ this mother and daughter duo had the

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    Amy Tan Family Language

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    “Language spoken in the family‚ especially in immigrant families...plays a large role in shaping the language of the child‚” (Tan). Tan uses her own opinions and personal experiences to convey the importance of family language. She explains later how family language shapes her understanding of the world around her. The main language during Amy’s childhood was her mother’s language. She did not have much influence from her peers since she was isolated for being an immigrant. Therefore‚ her mother’s

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    A Pair of Tickets Amy Tan Amy Tan’s A Pair Of Tickets is a story concerning family and roots. June May‚ like the author herself‚ was a Chinese born in USA and grew up with an American background culture‚ whereas her mother grew up in China and then immigrated to America. Looking at the repeated words‚ we discussed that one there are many words such as mother‚ sister‚ father and Aiyi. Most of the characters in this story belong to one family‚ June May’s family. It suggests to us that the

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    Amy Tan "Fish Cheeks"

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    impression does Amy Tan present of herself in “Fish Cheeks”? How? In “Fish Cheeks”‚ Amy Tan gives an impression of being insecure and overly dramatic. She is especially insecure about being Chinese‚ and this is evident in several points during the text. She has a crush on a white boy‚ Robert‚ who she describes first and foremost as “not Chinese‚ but as white as Mary in the manger”. Comparing him to Mary‚ a holy figure‚ almost suggests an idealization of Robert because of his race. Amy also wishes

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    Mother Tongue by Amy Tan

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    Summary In the essay Mother Tongue‚ Amy Tan talked about her love and fascination of language‚ and how language can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ and how it’s a tool she uses everyday in writing. She then goes into how she is aware of the different ways she uses the English language‚ she was in a middle of a speech‚ talking very precise about her book to a group of people using her knowledge of correct grammar that she has learned throughout school‚ and books‚ until she spotted her mother‚ and

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