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    author Used Ethos‚ Logos‚ Pathos in their texts. In (“Mother Tongue” and “Intercultural Communication Stumbling Blocks”) and in my visual. Each of us describe the analysis in own ways. Mother Tongue by Amy Tan is person experience article. In this article Amy said ‘’I am not a scholar of English or literature I cannot give you much more than personal opinions on the English language‚ its variations in this country or other’’(46).That mean Amy saying that information in my article is not something

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    with other people her English is lot different than the ways she talks with her mother. Similarly‚ the way her mother talks to her and she would understand but when her mother talk to someone they wouldn’t understand her “broken” English. She tells us the different circumstances and struggles when her mother had been ignored for her English. One scenario‚ she recalls speaking on the phone‚ pretending to be her mother so that the stock broker would be understand what the problem was and the demanded

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    In Two Kinds‚ Amy Tan tells the story of Jing-mei‚ who as a child was given the song “Pleading Child” to practice. This song describes who she was as a child‚ desperate to stay the way she is‚ and pleading with her mother to love her the way she is‚ not the way she wants her to be. “Perfectly Contented‚” paints a different picture one that is viewed looking back by someone who has more experience. This song is longer because it takes more time to learn how to be perfectly content with one’s life

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    Tan and ___ use culture‚ color and texture to illustrate that people should be proud of their differences. In Tan’s story‚ “Fish Cheeks”‚ a Chinese-American girl is not only embarrassed by the food she loves‚ but all of her family’s traditions. In the beginning of the story‚ the young girl‚ Amy‚ states‚ “For Christmas I prayed for this blond-haired boy‚ Robert‚ and a slim new American nose” (Tan). Amy’s wish for an American nose symbolizes satisfaction and happiness because it’s a quality that

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    a whole. To give a summary of the paragraph‚ the speaker Amy Tan is speaking to a large group of people about her new book. Then she remembers that her mother is in the group‚ and she feels strange using more formal English than any she has ever used by her mother. Other portions of the essay talk about how her mother’s English can be described as broken or simple‚ and she feels that this English which she has always spoken with her mother is as she describes it as “family talk”; language used for

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    artfully crafted story of four mother-daughter relationships that endure not only a generation gap‚ but the more unbridgeable gap between Chinese and American cultures. Amy Tan represented herself as Jing-Mei Woo in the novel. Her parents are both Chinese immigrants who raised her as a American. In her early teens‚ she learned that her mother had been married before in China. Just like Suyuan‚ Amy’s mother fled China‚ leaving behind her daughters. Amy and her mother argued about her college and career

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    Raymond Chandler‚ a fiction writer‚ once said‚ "The most durable thing in writing is style." True‚ the style is often defined as one of the most important elements in writing. In Amy Tan’s novel‚ "The Joy Luck Club"‚ the style significantly contributes to the development of both the tone and the theme of the influences that a mother can have on her daughter. The author effectively portrays the somber tone and the theme by using a concise style of diction‚ images‚ details‚ language‚ sentence structure‚ point

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    their food and manners differ from Americans; Amy Tan shows the contrast of cultures in “Fish Cheeks”. Chinese New Year food and manners are different from the way we’re raised as Americans. The Chinese prepare food for the holidays that many of us haven’t even tried in our lifetime‚ yet they eat it more than once a year. During the dinner‚

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    they are both writing pieces by authors writing in first person about their books or writings. Amy Tan and Isaac Asimov are both writing about something specific about their writings. Amy Tan talks about how her experiences with her mother contributes to her writing and Isaac Asimov analyzes why he is a good science fiction writer and what it takes to be one. In the article Mother Tongue by Amy TanAmy writes about what it was like growing up with her mother’s limited English. "because when I

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    barrier‚ no matter what background they came from. Difference are what define the world around us. Whether a soft contrast of two colors or a comparison of nations‚ the diversity shapes our identities. In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldúa and “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ both have similar subject as they both discussed how different forms of the same language are recognized in society. They emphasize the fact that a person can unconsciously develop different ideas through a language and categorizes

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