Throughout my time in school I have always loved learning about history and oppression‚ which might explain why I plan on majoring in history and sociology. Understanding how people before my time lived and made things work without having nearly as many resources as I do is extremely engaging. Then analyzing that information further by trying to understand what people’s roles were and why is as equally captivating. However‚ it was not nearly as fascinating when I discovered both these subjects have
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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 an individual by the way they speak. How can identity be molded by language? Language is part of one’s identity. Both articles reflect how the language an individual
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for acquiring and using complex systems of communication. Everyone has a language that they convey and pursue in everyday activities. Gloria Anzaldua‚ author of “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”‚ is a Mexican American woman who takes great pride in her culture‚ but struggles to keep the form of Spanish called‚ “Chicano Spanish” alive. Born and raised in South Texas‚ Anzaldua will always have Mexican culture in her blood‚ but living in such a strict American society‚ she feels pressured to choose to speak
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C4C Aaron Joya English 111 Maj Black 6 February 2015 Word Count: 401 Rhetorical Analysis of “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” Being proud of one’s culture and language is often times lost when immigrating to a new country. Although criticized and attacked for her culture‚ Gloria Anzaldua describes in “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” that she refuses to let others force her to reject her culture for the sake of belonging and informs Americans and Latinos attempting to suppress Chicano culture specifically that
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In the essay How to Tame a Wild Tongue from Borderlands/La Frontera‚ Gloria Anzaldua paints a moving portrait of the search for identity in a world that refuses to allow one. The physical borderland between the U.S. and Mexico helps create‚ but is also secondary to‚ the psychological "fence" that a person is put on when they are denied a culture and a place in society. Anzaldua talks about the dilemma she faced about her own language and how she represents herself through her chosen language‚ the
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Meaning of Annie Dillard’s “This is the Life” One of the main points I get from this passage it that most people strive for the same basic goals in life. As she states in paragraph one‚”…most cultures prize as ours rightly does‚ making a contribution by working hard at work at what you love; being in the know‚ and intelligence; gathering a surplus; and watching; and loving your family above all…” This says most cultures tell their young adults‚ in order to become successful working men/women
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How to Tame a Wild Tongue (Rough Draft) Gloria Anzaldua is a Mexican woman who faced troubles growing up because she spoke Chicano and had trouble learning English bdue to her native tongue. She faced quandaries as a child because she had trouble grasping English and spoke with a Hispanic accent. She explains that “At Pan American University‚ I and all Chicano students were required to take two speech classes. Their purpose: to get rid of our accents. Attacks on one’s form of expression
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Essay How to Tame a Wild Tongue In Gloria Anzaldua’s article‚ “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” she demonstrates her experiences of overcoming ethnic identity. From personal exposure‚ Anzaldua describes her observation of linguistic terrorism throughout her life. The article begins in a school setting where the author reveals an unacceptable atmosphere for being caught speaking Spanish. Communicating meant speaking American‚ and avoiding any Mexican accents. Violation of the First Amendment is expressed
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as she argues for equal access and opportunity. Several years later‚ Gloria Anzaldúa reclaims the word mestiza in her discussion about borders in Borderlands: La Frontera (1987). Writing in the beginning of the 20th century‚ Woolf was very much a proponent of First Wave feminism and its goal of equal possibility for women. Though this was a revolutionary idea‚ Woolf fails to mention race and the non-binary‚ however‚ Anzaldúa is one of the first to be a major proponent for racial‚ intersectional
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How to tame a wild tongue‚ which was written in Spanish as well as English by Gloria‚ expressed her feeling that as a Mexican immigrant but being raised in the U.S. when she facing with culture and social differences. The followings are my rhetorical analysis which focus on her situation background‚ her purpose and claims. At the very beginning of the article‚ she used a metaphor to set up the overall emotion. “Wild tongues can’t be tamed‚ they can only be cut out.”In this sentence‚ ‘Wild tongues’
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