specific populations together with a common bond. As powerful as this connection is to bring people together of the same group it is just as powerful to pull people apart that are not in the same group. Amy Tan writes about the power of language in “Mother Tongue”. Tan’s thesis statement - “I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language the way it can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex idea‚ or a simple truth”(Tan 633) - sets the tone for the article. I am in agreement
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My mother is the one and only person who cares about me. She gave me all her love and passion so that I can grow up to be a successful person. The happiest thing in her life is the birth of me and my two sisters and a brother. She never complaint‚ never show how hard she work and happy all the time. She has sacrifice alot for me and my siblings. She always advise us to study hard and never gave up when you lost hope. She has been very proud of my edest sister because she gets 5A in UPSR and 7A in
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I’m glad you came here and celebrate my mother’s 36th birthday‚ and before we start the party‚ I would like to make a speech about my mother. As a bit of backstory‚ I have a fairly fraught relationship with my mother‚ she is a wonderful women‚ supportive‚ critical and very interested in my life. We went through a lot of tough times‚ my relationship with my mother is the strongest‚ and we are capable of sharing our emotions with each other well. She always supporting me‚ when the day I can see the
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My idol! My father died when I was very young so my mother is not only a mom but also a dad. She is the woman whom I admire most and this is a person has been affecting me a lots. She has taught me neither knowledge nor the way to become a good person. She is a successful woman in my eyes. I think my mother I very beautiful. She has a small round face with a straight nose and fair complexion. Her long black hair always is bounden tidily behind. She also has a nice smile that makes her face
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December 6‚ 2012 “Mother Tongue” In the short autobiography narrative “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan she discusses the reasons why she was passionate on becoming a writer. It is no surprise‚ that her vision in the work of fiction it is outstanding throughout her struggles with the English language as a Chinese young girl born in an immigrant family. She faced many obstacles of the culture of the 1950’s‚ 1960’s and 1970’s. However‚ she never gave up on the dream of being a writer and defeat
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Mothers Are Angels I grew up in a middle class‚ single parent family in Ukraine. My mother had to work a lot to make some money for living. Even though we lived in a Democratic country‚ our government didn’t give any chance for people to improve their lives. Back then‚ I would have never imagined that someday I’ll live in America and be blessed with the opportunity to make my life the way I want it to be. Moving to the United States gave me a whole new world to look at. However‚ nothing of this
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Mother Tongue Not all people who speak the English language speak it the same way. A language can be subdivided into any number of dialects which each vary in some way from the parent English language. “Mother Tongue‚” an article based on the power of language; without standard language skills‚ one is identified as an outsider‚ often wrongly perceived and unfairly discriminated against. In the article Amy Tan describes her observation and thoughts about the use of the English language and the
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My son the fanatic The generation gap is a dilemma which frequently occurs among immigrants‚ and in his short story My son the fanatic‚ Hanif Kureishi brings up the issue concerned. Kureishi introduces us to a father‚ who’s alarmed and puzzled by his sons’ strange behavior‚ which proves out to be against his own values. During this‚ Kureishi touches on the topics fanaticism and religion‚ and how these can change ones behavior towards ones family. Kureishi also focuses on how people relate to their
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and until today‚ there are no one can replace her place in my heart. For me‚ she is very special. Although sometimes I make she cry‚ she never hate me. She never feels tired to love me. The person that loves me so much is my mother. (TUNJUK SLIDE). This is my loving mother. Her full name is Noriah bt Muda. She was born on 17 August 1959 at Kampung Paya‚ Marang‚ Terengganu. She is the middle daughter out of three siblings. On 1966‚ she entered a primary school at Sekolah Kebangsaan Marang
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In the short stories of Mother Tongue by Amy Tan and Public and Private Language by Richard Rodriquez‚ both essays describe an influence on the English language and what impact they had while coping with that language. For Amy tan in Mother Tongue‚ she roots the common source for who had what kind of impact on her learning of that language. In Public and Private Language‚ Richard Rodriguez establishes a view point on why it is important to be given a public identity. Both stories come together to
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