In the article‚ "Mother Tongue" by author Amy Tan‚ she uses its context to persuade readers not "Judge someone’s intelligence by their English" (Tan‚ 20) but instead treat others the way you would want to be treated‚ therefore acceptance is essential because it helps us respect other people who are different than we are‚ to avoid misconceptions about another person‚ and to accept others for who they are regardless different ethnical backgrounds. Acceptance is important‚ because it helps us to respect
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In “Two Kinds”‚ Jing-mei woo is also known as June and her personality traits are illustrated throughout the story. June displays impatient tendencies. June does not allow the time it would take to become the creation her mother wants her to be. She asks her mother why she is not happy with her. In response‚ her mother slaps her and tells that she is ungrateful. Jing-mei is resentful towards her mother. Suyuan takes it upon herself to make Jing-mei into a piano prodigy. Jing-mei plots revenge in
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The story of “Peanut’s Fortune” is told by Peanut’s sister‚ who is involved within the plot but remains unnamed throughout her narration. Throughout the short story‚ Amy Tan writes in first person‚ allowing Peanut’s sister to personally retell the story to her daughter. VII. STRUCTURE “Peanut’s Fortune” is primarily told in chronological order‚ following the natural sequence of time during a period of four days. The short story begins when Peanut and her sister travel through the town‚ observing
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although these generation’s’ way of speaking has came from elsewhere there is a kind of shame that comes from this. There has been so much change that it has made the past seem inadequate to this modern worlds language. Authors Ngugi Wa Thiong’O‚ Gene Luen Yang‚ Amy Tan‚ and Marjorie Agosin have all shared similar
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essay written by Amy Tan‚ who is an Asian American writer‚ introduced an array of stories that Tan and her mother experienced and thus highlighted the extent to which culture and language affected both author’s sensory perception of the world in both childhood and adult life progressively. The entire article was example-oriented which implied that Tan structured the essay by utilizing instances‚ not only from her perceptive but rather the comparisons and similarities between Tan and her mother. Firstly
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After reading the narrative “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan. It can be said that it is an engaging 1st person narrative where the author utilized some of her different memories to connect with the audience. At times explaining her feelings of sadness and embarrassment to strengthen her points. Thus‚ creating an emotional piece that had me connected with every sentence. I experienced a sense of empathy. The narrative started at the present time with a memory where the writer found herself speaking to a
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that we are around and others are in the area or even situation that we may be in. we rarely notice when we change from one form to another. In Amy Tan’s article “Mother tongue” she shows how her mother’s unique English led her to go through many trials and obstacles and was overlooked by many. In this essay‚ I will show how some of the issues that Amy Tan talks about in her article can be applied to my everyday life and is still very relevant. Peer pressure is a major factor in communication with
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or subliminal messages hidden inside of kids movies and books. However what is the point in these hidden objects if the story isn’t even understood itself and it hasn’t been viewed in a different literary lense? The movie “The Lorax” could easily be used with any of the four lenses of literary criticism. The story is most likely going to be viewed by Marxist critics because the dictators and leaders in the movie and how they impact the story much more significantly than the others. The story has
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Pragmatic Literary Criticism Pragmatic criticism is concerned‚ first and foremost‚ with the ethical impact any literary text has upon an audience. Regardless of art ’s other merits or failings‚ the primary responsibility or function of art is social in nature. Assessing‚ fulfilling‚ and shaping the needs‚ wants‚ and desires of an audience should be the first task of an artist. Art does not exist in isolation; it is a potent tool for individual as well as communal change. Though pragmatic
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American cultures. Amy Tan represented herself as Jing-Mei Woo in the novel. Her parents are both Chinese immigrants who raised her as a American. In her early teens‚ she learned that her mother had been married before in China. Just like Suyuan‚ Amy’s mother fled China‚ leaving behind her daughters. Amy and her mother argued about her college and career plans‚ like Suyuan wanting Jing-Mei to be a genius; in Amy’s case‚ to be a doctor. When her mother had a serious illness‚ Amy promised her that
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