David Sedaris' "Me Talk Pretty"
B) Essay on “Me Talk Pretty One Day” – By Mathias Nørgaard
I will write an essay in which, I will analyse and comment on David Sedaris’ Essay: ”Me Talk Pretty One Day”. A part of my essay will focus on the writer’s tone and on the attitude to learning foreign languages that is explored in the text.
The essay, “Me Talk Pretty One Day”, by David Sedaris, was written in the year 2005 and narrates about Sedaris’ personal experience with moving to Paris, going back to school, and learning French, all at the age of 41. “Me Talk Pretty One Day” is an incredibly hilarious and entertaining story in which, Sedaris attempts to get a bigger point across. This point is primarily for himself, but also for other people at his age, that are going back to school. The point is that hard work pays off.
In the essay, one rapidly becomes aware about the fact that David Sedaris moves to Paris to go back to school to learn French, at the age of 41. He is even more uncomfortable to see the young, lively, and attractive pupils attending his class, but the teacher makes sure that there is no segregation of the pupils. The teacher who teaches the class is very harsh, rude, and angry towards her students. She torments them so that they all feel shameful of even trying to learn French. This aspect is elucidated in the following quotation, “The teacher’s reaction led me to believe that these mistakes were capital crimes in the country of France. “Were you always this palicmkrexis?” she asked. “Even a siuscrzsa ticiwelmun knows that a typewriter is feminine.” (ll. 69-72, p. 7.). In this quotation it becomes evident that the teacher is very harsh and exceptionally rude towards the pupils and that this behaviour made Sedaris try even harder than ever before. Sedaris wanted to make an identity for himself in the class. He wanted to stand out as a hard worker but the teacher would simply not allow it.
In additions to this the teacher makes them all equals, through their differences.
I will write an essay in which, I will analyse and comment on David Sedaris’ Essay: ”Me Talk Pretty One Day”. A part of my essay will focus on the writer’s tone and on the attitude to learning foreign languages that is explored in the text.
The essay, “Me Talk Pretty One Day”, by David Sedaris, was written in the year 2005 and narrates about Sedaris’ personal experience with moving to Paris, going back to school, and learning French, all at the age of 41. “Me Talk Pretty One Day” is an incredibly hilarious and entertaining story in which, Sedaris attempts to get a bigger point across. This point is primarily for himself, but also for other people at his age, that are going back to school. The point is that hard work pays off.
In the essay, one rapidly becomes aware about the fact that David Sedaris moves to Paris to go back to school to learn French, at the age of 41. He is even more uncomfortable to see the young, lively, and attractive pupils attending his class, but the teacher makes sure that there is no segregation of the pupils. The teacher who teaches the class is very harsh, rude, and angry towards her students. She torments them so that they all feel shameful of even trying to learn French. This aspect is elucidated in the following quotation, “The teacher’s reaction led me to believe that these mistakes were capital crimes in the country of France. “Were you always this palicmkrexis?” she asked. “Even a siuscrzsa ticiwelmun knows that a typewriter is feminine.” (ll. 69-72, p. 7.). In this quotation it becomes evident that the teacher is very harsh and exceptionally rude towards the pupils and that this behaviour made Sedaris try even harder than ever before. Sedaris wanted to make an identity for himself in the class. He wanted to stand out as a hard worker but the teacher would simply not allow it.
In additions to this the teacher makes them all equals, through their differences.