in Langston Hughes‚ “ Mother to Son” the mother explains to her son that he should be optimistic‚ which leads to the major theme of‚ no matter how hard the obstacles‚ keep on going. When the mother is talking to her son she explains to him that life isn’t easy and that he should be prepared for the obstacles up ahead. For example‚ it is stated that the mother tells her son that‚ “Don’t you fall now-” “For I’se still goin’‚ honey” (17-18). This demonstrates that the mother wants her boy to understand
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The Benefit of English After I read “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ and “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee‚ I understand that the familiarity with the English language affect the authors a lot. All of those three writers share the same attitude that learning English can affect people’s lives. I totally agree with these three writer’s opinions that English can affect people and I think people who live
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The poem “Mothers” by Nikki Giovanni is about two states of mind. An adult dealing with the ups and downs of everyday life and a concerned child. This is shown by the use of opposite words. “Dark-light” and “pleasantries and unpleasantries.” Being a child‚ Nikki was trying to make sense of what was happening around her. She sees her mother sitting in a chair in a dark room upset her. Nikki is apparently a frightened child. The wetting of the bed confirms her fear. She wrote about and absent father
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Scarlet Letter Composition The Puritans’ beliefs in the 17th century were different than most of the citizens that live in this modern day society. The Puritan beliefs are based on the of the Church of England‚ but they purified the religion. The Scarlet Letter is based off the Puritans’ beliefs and the story of society that the Puritans lived in; some other critics observe that Nathaniel Hawthorne criticizes the Puritans society and their beliefs. When The Scarlet Letter was written the Author
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Do You Think the Boy’s Mother Made the Proper Choice in Dealing with Her Son? In Richard Wright’s "Hunger"‚ a mother is forced with a difficult decision. Should she "baby" her child and prevent him from fighting‚ or should she encourage him to fight and "stand up like a man"? Unfortunately‚ the mother’s decision is a clear one. The mother tells the boy to stand up for himself and fight back. The story "Hunger" is a story with a very clear message. The message of this story is that a person
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Although they are worth to be looked up to‚ still‚ the person that has inspired me the most is my mother. She is a very hardworking‚ trustworthy and intelligent woman. She had gone through many obstacles in life‚ which is sometimes very unendurable for some people. Although she likes to nag at me and pushes me to study and do my homework‚ I still admire her. She inspires me in many aspects in my life. My mother is good-looking when she’s young. Her face doesn’t change much‚ it only looks older now. She
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Summary of “Mother Tongue” In the book‚ “Mother Tongue”‚ Amy Tan asserts that language is a tool of communication. Tan herself speak two kinds of English‚ standard English and broken English. She realizes that she always speak in perfect English‚ the standard English‚ when she gives a speech‚ when she is giving a speech which her mother attends. However‚ when she talks to her mother‚ she changes her language into a limited English‚ broken English‚ without any transfer. This is because the language
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Mother Tongue The essay I want to write on is Mother Tongue‚ which is written by Amy Tan. This article recalls me some adversities when the first few days I came to the United States. Amy is an ethnic Chinese writer who was born and living in United States. She was faced with language problem during her life. In this essay‚ Amy Tan talks about her mother’s broken grammar and the dialogue in English without grammar between her mother and her. But when Amy talks with other people‚ gives a speech‚
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My Mother Jennifer LaMorte ENG 121 Dwight Paulsen July 6‚ 2013 This essay is about how a perfect mother looks like to me. People say that the perfect mother does not exist‚ I actually don’t know if that is true‚ but what I do know is that my mother is perfect for me. Everything in my mother is special; the way she dresses‚ the way she speaks‚ the way she behaves etc. Somehow they are a part of you‚ a part of your world‚ your heart. For me that is my mother. Her
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Mother Tongue‚ by Amy Tan This story is about a young Chinese-American‚ who grows up speaking Chinese and English (many different forms of English). She talks about how not being able to speak English can create some real difficulties. She tells stories about how her mother spoke‚ what she calls “broken” English‚ and how it affected her everyday life‚ as well as her daughters. At first she was ashamed of her mothers English‚ and that if reflected the quality of what her mother was trying
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