individuals we feel the need to compromise the way in which we communicate our ideas so that we can appeal to the views of the majority. Two authors explore how their attempt to compromise almost caused them to become detached from their roots. In "Mother Tongue‚" by Amy Tan‚ Tan talks about growing up as a young child in America and learning the English language. She speaks about growing up as a writer and her mother ’s imperfect diction which had a major influence on her. On the other hand‚ In her essay
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Symbolism of the Menstrual Cycle in ZZ Packer’s "Every Tongue Shall Confess" The menstrual cycle has long been considered a symbol of many different things in cultures around the world: in many African cultures‚ for example‚ it is recognized as the link to the passing on of life and as such is celebrated by many African women‚ and in many Judeo-Christian cultures it symbolizes uncleanliness to an unmentionable degree. In ZZ Packer’s "Every Tongue Shall Confess‚" the protagonist‚ Clareese‚ is on her
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To Be Is To Live With God The Effect of Using the Mother Tongue on Learning Vocabulary in Elementary Levels Compared to Using Dictionary Examples (A Research Proposal) By: Reza Rouhi Rad Supervisor: PhD Tahriri May‚ 2012 Introduction An inseparable part of learning every language is vocabulary. With poor knowledge of grammar and rules of pronunciation‚ one can communicate‚ but having an insufficient knowledge of vocabulary may lead to severe problems. Vocabulary knowledge is the most important
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In the article “Does your mother tongue shape how you think” Guy Deutscher argues that our mother tongue does indeed shape our experiences of the world. However‚ it does not do so as Benjamin Lee Whorf’s theory suggests but rather because of what our mother tongue habitually obliges us to think. Guy Deutscher takes a claim made by Benjamin Lee Whorf‚ a chemical engineer‚ who essentially stated that our native language constrains our mind and we are unable to grasp concepts that are not given
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set‚ deteriorating the sacred cultural connections established at birth. Sujatas "Search for My Tongue" and John Agards "Half-Caste" are both excellent examples of cultural conflict. In the both cases‚ the authors are attempting to depict the hardships involved with a clash of culture. In Search for My Tongue‚ Sujata Bhatt finds conflict between two languages: what would you do/if you had two tongues in your mouth (3-4). In Half-Caste‚ Agard protests the racial discrimination towards the Guyanese
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Inside and Out: A Compare/Contrast Essay about the advantages and disadvantages of "hanging out" at home vs. "going out" to have a good time as a young adult. We all like to have a good time. Whether it is with our friends‚ significant others‚ or our families‚ we all need to relax. Being a young adult myself I have learned to make wiser decisions about my "party time" based on prior experiences. After having gone to the clubs‚ the bars‚ the pool halls‚ and the raves I now know that where the real
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Hindi hai hum (hindi is our mother tongue) …….. are we really..??? Origin of ‘HINGLISH’ or as I say.. HINDIFICATION OF ENGLISH WORDS…!! After our independence‚ HINDI was declared to be the national language of our country. But this happened only in the paper‚ what came out in practice was much different. Few days back I was copying hindi notes from one of my classmate‚ shalini‚ now shalini hails from a Hindi-medium school which means that she studied all the subjects at school level in Hindi…
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poems “Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan” and “Search for my Tongue” Culture is the way you live your life‚ the way you exist‚ the way you survive. It is the area that you live in‚ the cuisine that you consume‚ the clothes that you dress in‚ the dialect that you dictate‚ the way you commemorate special occasions and the way you worship and believe in a religion. The poems “Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan” and “Search for my Tongue” show how being part of two very different cultures can be
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One day on a hot summer day two friends named kendrick and eddie who were the best of friends who met in 4th grade were hanging out. they were at eddies house where they were playing a awesome video game called nba 2k13 which they were rivals at always arguing who was the best and who had the best record till another one of there friends named rasheed called and said lets ride bikes. they waited for about a hour till rasheed showed up so kendrick and eddie went and grabbed everything they needed
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stamen tube hanging above the entrance (Muchhala et al. 2005). C. nigricans flowers only open for approximately
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