Reflection Essay After reading the article “Mother Tongue”‚ I started interesting in Asian Immigration problem especially Chinese immigrants. The first generations of Chinese and Japanese immigrants were coming to the United States for mining gold‚ farming and railroad in the early of 19th century. They were followed by Korean and Filipino immigrants who came to work in the sugar cane plantations in Hawaii. Then‚ the growing numbers of Asian immigrants raise up much faster due to the economic
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because her mother’s broken English became a resource of her literary creation. Tan started to write by using the familial English which her mother is able to understand even though most people can’t understand this kind of composition. For Tan‚ she was satisfied that her mother could understand it and she will protect the essential of their own language.“Mother Tongue” is a very personal; this essay represents that how the environment and parent’s education affect the writing. Author describes how her
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to relate closely to Richard Rodriguez in “The Achievement Desire” because he faced many struggles that I too faced as a young girl. My parents always pressured me to work hard at school‚ I was always suppose to have my homework for Monday done by Friday night‚ which made me so mad at my parents. Just like Rodriguez was furious at his parents for forcing him into English classes‚ which started his separation from his parents. “The Achievement Desire” written by Richard Rodriguez is a story of a man
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Mother Tongue is a story about a mother-daughter relationship between the writer and her mother and the difficulties that they had to face as immigrants in a foreign country. The story also centers around the difficulties that her mother had with English and how she evolved her own dialect that later became part of their relationship. At the beginning of the story‚ Tan makes it clear that she was not much of an enthusiast of English making her claim that she was no expert on English. “I am not a
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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 started
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that‚ we carry things along with us that stay‚ experience‚ wisdom and knowledge. In the many pieces that we have read‚ culture reveals how the author was brought up and how it affected them and limitations to that. Starting off with Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue‚ culture has its limiting effect in different aspects. She claims culture plays a key role in the development of one’s language skills‚ particularly one’s family background. She introduces the many Englishes (dialect) she uses: her academic English
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After reading Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ I realized how many different “Englishes” I have spoken or used‚ as well as how many I have heard in my life-particularly while in the military. For example‚ how I speak with authority figures versus friends‚ and how I speak with my daughter as opposed to “educated” adults. Although the English I speak with friends and coworkers is often filled with slang and swear words‚ I would never speak like that in many other settings. One of those times is‚ when
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After reading the strongly written “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ it shows a great deal of strength from the Asian American culture. Throughout the reading it showed how hard it was and still is for Asian Americans to work through the difficulties of the English language. The essay talked first about the different languages of English that this young lady learned and used through her life. The second part was about the difficulties that she had through school because English wasn’t here strongest subject
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While reading “Achievement of Desire”‚ I came across the idea that the self hated that Rodriguez and I felt is not innate. Someone is teaching us‚ people of color‚ that our accent‚ parents‚ origin is wrong and only by assimilation and conforming to a Eurocentric idea of professional will we become accepted. In the media‚ especially growing up I saw professional individuals of color as exceptions to the rule‚ however an abundance of white professionals. Growing up‚ all the professionals that I had
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each other differently depending on the situation‚ changing their register and using abbreviations to create sentences for people to understand better. In relation‚ to being unable to perform a standard form of English‚ as displayed in Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue and Robyn Kina’s case‚ both characters are not able to communicate and express their ideas clearly‚ based on their accent and limited communication skills of the English language spoken in their community‚ which excludes Kina and the hospital staff
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