Mother Tongue
In Tan’s essay Mother Tongue, she pointed that we all speak a different language without thinking and we are being categorized by the way we speak. Tan is an imaginary writer who is “fascinated by language in daily life” and uses English language as her daily part in the work. In paragraph 2 and 3 Tan observed experience that made aware of the “Englishes” that she had been using. The first time she had noticed is when she was giving a talk about her book, The Joy Luck Club, everyone in the audience understood what she was saying except her mother, because the language that she was speaking she never used it with her mother. The second time that made her aware of her “Englishes” is when she walking with her husband and mother, she said “Not waste money that way” which for her it is an intimate language used only by her family. Her mother “broken” English show how much she actually understand, this remind us even though her mother language seems “broken” it does not reflect on her brightness. Even though Tan’s mother was categorized with limited ideas in life by the people, Amy rejected the idea that her mother language is “limited” or “broken”. She confirmed the fact that even her mother
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I sometimes have to be the spokesperson for my mother. The idea of people judging others by the way they speak, I believe it is wrong. Without thinking sometimes I have been categorizing people by the way they speak, both English or Arabic, whenever I hear my mother attempt to speak English I feel as if she is not smart, but then when I am watching a random history or science channel and she tells me her point of view on whatever I am watching I realized that she is really smart. Just like Tan’s mother English seems “broken” it did not reflect on her brightness. After reading “Mother Tongue” my belief of judging someone by the way they speak is wrong and it should be
I sometimes have to be the spokesperson for my mother. The idea of people judging others by the way they speak, I believe it is wrong. Without thinking sometimes I have been categorizing people by the way they speak, both English or Arabic, whenever I hear my mother attempt to speak English I feel as if she is not smart, but then when I am watching a random history or science channel and she tells me her point of view on whatever I am watching I realized that she is really smart. Just like Tan’s mother English seems “broken” it did not reflect on her brightness. After reading “Mother Tongue” my belief of judging someone by the way they speak is wrong and it should be