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    A Personal Dialect In Amy Tan’s essay‚ “Mother Tongue‚” Tan expresses that she uses different versions of the English language depending on the type of relationship she shares with particular individuals. While Tan gave a speech to a group of people‚ she noticed a difference in her register of speech when she spoke to a group of people versus when she spoke to her mother. She noticed her use of “carefully wrought grammatical phrases” and “the forms of standard English that I had learned in school

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    Summary for Amy Tans "Mother Tongue" The essay is chiefly about the writer ’s own rumination and judgment about how "broken English" compared to Standard English. Moreover it came to her sense that language not only "authorizes" individuals to participate as members of a designated community‚ it is also a essential key in enabling individuals to establish and define the dimensions of their identity. Though a lover of language and an erudite lover of language she is‚ she has never recognized this

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    Amy Tan’s "Two Kinds" is an autobiographical look into her childhood that shows the conflict between Tan and her mother‚ the difference between old and new cultures‚ the past and the present‚ and parents’ expectations vs. reality. Couples of opposing elements comprise the basis of the entire story; to another extent even the title itself‚ "Two Kinds‚" shows the friction that Tan creates. The strongest argument that Tan suggest is that this may not only be a look into her own life‚ rather it may

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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 essayAmy Tan effectively convinces her readers that “broken English” is not an inferior language‚ but just

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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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    by your family? In the memoir “Fish Cheeks” by Amy TanAmy‚ a Chinese-American girl is embarrassed by her family’s Chinese customs at Christmas Eve dinner. The reason she is so humiliated is because her family invited the minister and his family over for dinner‚ and Amy‚ who has a crush on their son Robert‚ is acutely aware of the cultural differences between the two families. In spite of the fact that the meal was a horrifying event for young Amy‚ she eventually learns to appreciate her mother’s

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    Mother Tongue” In the essay‚ “Mother Tongue‚” Amy Tan informs the reader of the language barrier matters that she underwent as an Asian American. Various individuals are looked down upon because of their poor english language skills. Tan shared the experience of limitation‚ intimation‚ and the family talk that she had in her life. She feels bad for having a limitations‚ because she was Asian-American. Her mother speaks broken

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    their children because the mother or father sees himself or herself in the child. Numerous accidents have occurred when it comes to the parents providing a lack of support within the family. In the story‚ Two Kinds by Amy Tan‚ there is a mother who motivates her daughter by making her participate in several trainings to enhance her skills. Amy is signed up for many practices and events that she does not want to do. However‚ throughout the story we see a dramatic change in Amy from being an obedient to

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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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    Reader Response 1: Mother Tongue by Amy Tan Discusses the way she and her mother use English to communicate. Give specific examples from the reading to explain their interactions in English. The main purpose of this paper is to focus on the linguistic differences and the challenges of cultural translation as a barrier‚ on the other hand the power of storytelling as a bridge. Amy Tan wants to let the reader know that languages influence our lives. Tan discuses in the story the difference between the language

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