short store "Mother Tongue"‚ readers are introduced to Tan who is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant mother. While in school‚ Tan always excelled in mathematics and science‚ but felt she had a disadvantage with English and Literature. This disadvantage was caused because her limited English she had to use with her mother. As a young girl growing up Tan was embarrassed because of her mothers poor English "I know this for a fact‚ because when I was growing up‚ my mothers limited English
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Rhetorical Analysis of “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan “So easy to read”(p.4). Amy Tan ends her essay‚ “Mother Tongue” with this short and even grammatically wrong sentence. She tells us this mother’s brief review is a proof of success of her writing. Why does she think that easiness is an essence of her writing? She suggests answers to this question by her essay. In her essay‚ Amy Tan effectively convinces her readers that “broken English” is not an inferior language‚ but just
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that he has mood swings. Overall this quotation indicates the audience that he might be dunk. Point: Eric seems to know how to talk to members in his family as when he says Evidence: “Mother said” Explanation: In this quotation we see that Eric seems to have a lot of respect for Mrs Birling as when he says “mother” may suggest that even though Eric might be drunk he still is polite to his mum which emphasises that he really is generally respectful to the older generation also when coupled with him
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“Home is where your mother is”. We can clearly see the importance role of having a mother who is not worked outside the house just by the understanding of the deep meaning of the quote. There is also another quote from some people saying that just because you give birth to a child does not make you a mother. Being a mother is taking care of the kids‚ watching them grow‚ being there for the good and the bad‚ and the most important thing is showing them your unconditional love for every second of their
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“Tiger Mom” is a term that was created by Amy Chua‚ a Yale law professor‚ in her written memoir “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”. This term‚ “Tiger Mom”‚ is professionally defined as “A strict or demanding mother who pushes her children to high levels of achievement‚ using methods regarded as typical of childrearing in China and other parts of East Asia.” (Morrison‚ 2012). Compared to this Asian-American parenting style‚ western style (European-American) parenting tends to be a little more relaxed
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themselves. In both “Just Like Her Mother” and Much Ado About Nothing‚ both stories show a concurring theme on public shaming and how it fabricates various doubts and impacts on people‚ therefore bringing a new image to many characters. There is a visible chronological order in both stories from the shame to the impact and reactions it brings and finally the eradication of the false images created onto the protagonists. Shame targeting is dominant in “Just Like Her Mother”‚
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Abstract This paper examines the benefits and the negatives of the mother who works either due to financial need or her own desire to do so. Such concerns are whether or not having a working mother negatively affects the children emotionally and/or academically. This paper will explore how maternal employment affects of the child as well as the mother. For many new mothers the decision to return to work is a difficult one. For some the decision may be as simple as they just have to‚ whether
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likely feel uneasy having to adapt to a completely new culture and learn the English language. During this journey‚ the individuals’ cultural identities might fade away as well as losing their efficient fluency on their native language. In Amy Tan’s‚ “Mother Tongue” and Richard Rodriguez “Aria: A Memoir of A Bilingual Childhood”‚ both authors experience the difficulties of language barrier and adjusting to a different lifestyle in order to develop as an individual in the United States. Having a cultural
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30 September 2013 Is “Low Art”‚ Art? Society today has been slacking in a sense of art. “Low art” has become more popular than ever leaving any intelligent mind stimulation. Artistic merit is highly revered and encouraged lately for this reason. “Big Red Son” by David Foster Wallace shows a high sense of serious art and moreover artistic merit. One with such an intelligent background and upbringing‚ it would be shocking for him not to achieve such artsitic merit. This merit is achieved through structure
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or another. They can be brother and sister‚ mother and daughter‚ or in this case‚ father and son. In the Arthur Miller’s novel‚ Death of A Salesman‚ the interaction between Willy Loman and his sons‚ Happy and Biff‚ allows Miller to comment on father-son relationships and the conflicts that arise from them. During most father-son relationships‚ there are certain times where the father wants to become more of a "player" in his son’s life than his son believes is necessary. The reasons for this are
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