Mothers tongue analysis Profound writer and best-selling novelist Amy Tan is well known for her works which tends to explores mother daughter relationships. In her narrative essay “Mother Tongue” she discusses the discrimination and prejudice opinions on “broken English”. Amy makes the readers realizes how not being an American can not only influence the way we speak English‚ but have an effect on how we handle real life situations. She does so by incorporating her mother’s real life struggles
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text from Arakin’s book‚ the 2nd course How we kept Mother’s Day 1. Let us begin with analysis of the text. The discourse pattern should be characterized first as a completed story by a well – known Canadian writer Steven Leacock. As far as we know‚ this writer is famous for such works as “Nonsense Novels”‚ “Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town”‚ “My Remarkable Uncle” and others. 2. The author titles his work as “How we kept Mother’s day”. It is done explicitly‚ so we can predict the contents of the
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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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Mother Tongue‚ by Amy Tan This is a narrative essay because is telling a story‚ and it is organized chronologically. It means that is organized in the order that they occur. Amy Tan is a writer that describes her relation with her roots‚ through the language that she learns which is English. She is sharing her story‚ how she gets to use the language in the way she is‚ and how affected her imperfect English of her mother. This essay use pathos appeals that refers to appeals based on emotions. For
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Why Chinese Mothers are superior Every parent wants to be proud of their children‚ to see them succeed in school‚ music‚ sports or whatever path they may choose. The professor and the author Amy Chua wrote the essay “Why Chinese mothers are superior”‚ where she tries to compare western parents to Chinese mothers and their different methods of raising children. Plenty of the people reading this essay may get the wrong idea and misunderstand‚ when Amy Chua tries to present Western parents as bad
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Beard Course English 1113 October 29‚ 2012 Essay 1 There is a quote that says: Mothers are angels who teach their children to fly. Indeed mothers are angels and although we often think that mothers were sent to torture us especially in our adolescent years when we would rather go out with friends instead of washing the dishes or doing our assignments‚ our mothers nevertheless become our pillar‚ not just of faith but also our pillar of strength. Mothers may often be misunderstood but it does not
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Defining Qualities of an Essay and Short Stories An essay is a composition that defends a position or opinion‚ also called a thesis‚ which has been put forth by the author. The thesis contains the claim or the subject that the essay is about. Swift’s A Modest Proposal is about the women and children of Ireland and the terrible condition of their lives. His thesis clearly makes a statement and he clearly defends his claim. He states “For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland‚ from
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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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not be measured with a device‚ expressed in an essay‚ or metered in any way. The love is to be felt‚ heard‚ and appreciated. It is to be honored for how effective it is. To be respected for its undeniable power. "Heaven is underneath Mother’s feet". I very much agree to this saying. How truly and well said. Down the ages‚ mothers have shaped destinies. I can justify it by saying that the kind of person I am today is just because of my mother. She is my true hero because she suffered for the
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The First day Reflective Essay “The First Day”‚ by Edward P. Jones is pretty simple story to read. It is not complicated if only reader understand the concept of how adults who don’t have ability to read or write have to get through their lives harder than ones who have that kind of ability. Author want to give reader an idea how a girl feel when she find that her mother struggled in placing her daughter in a school only because she cannot do what other people normally can do. But that doesn’t stop
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