Submitted by AL HADDAD, AHMED MOHAMED (AL HADDAD) on 9/10/2010 6:14:16 PM
Amy Tan is a daughter of a Chinese emigrant, who had a dream of going to America, to escape poverty and provide a better quality of life and education for her daughter. This dream is accomplished, providing her daughter with the right tools to become a successful writer, and she then goes and discusses her relation with her roots and heritage, through the language she is speaking now, English. She mentions her passion for language and how it is the 'tool of her trade'. She is basically sharing with us her views and opinions, about language, and how it affected or limited her possibilities in life.
Moreover, I believe the story is very deep and conceives an important message. It's not just about the language itself, but also defines relationships with parents, the cultural background and heritage. It views life …show more content…
Furthermore, she is also upset because they said her English is “broken”, “as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed”.She also stated that this limited her perception of her mother and that “her English reflected the quality of what she had to say”. Because, to express something in a wrong or imperfect way, you must be imperfect or limited in your thoughts. Amy Tan, unfortunately, did not perform well on her achievement tests, simply because her mother taught her to think in a different manner than other students. She was lead to believe, due to the strong influence from her teachers, that Asian students would be much better into engineering, accounting or anything else than an English. However, she eventually discovers the benefits of her mother's teachings and advice. Fortunately, she happens to be 'rebellious' in nature and enjoys the challenge of 'disproving assumptions', she decides to major in English and write