Essays Tagged: "Tan"

This is a summary for Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue".

Summary for Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue"The essay is chiefly about the writer's own rumination and judgment about how " ... y is chiefly about the writer's own rumination and judgment about how "broken English" compared to Standard English. Moreover it came to her sense that language not only "authorizes" individuals to pa ... guage, the language of intimacy, the familial English.To demonstrate this kind of family talk, Mrs. Tan quoted a story that her mother had told her. It was a very trivial story but the thing that wort ...

(3 pages) 260 0 3.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Mother tongue

"I believe that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say." Amy Tan. What do you do when you encounter a person who could not speak English fluently or has an accen ... happen we either make fun of that person or were most be likely to brush aside those individuals In Tan's essay "Mother Tongue" she talks about how her mothers displeasing experiences trying to commun ... her mother seriously, for her inability to speak perfect or fluent English. I strongly believe with Tan that not being able to speak or write perfect English could sometimes cause dilemma for immigran ...

(4 pages) 122 0 3.4 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Questions on "Mother Tonge" by Amy Tan

1.Tan opens her essay by stating, "I m not a scholar of English or literature," then states, in the ne ... t paragraph, "I am a writer" to show she is not critical, but passionate about language. It is important to her because she was able to excel in English, even though the odds were against her. To be a ... corner of something, but to be a writer you have to be creative in order to appeal to an audience. Tan is appealing to pathos, or emotions. Tan wants readers to know her guilt and the difficulties he ...

(1 pages) 17 0 0.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Joy Luck Club and Its Analysis of Familial Relationships

Amy Tan wrote her novel The Joy Luck shortly after experiencing a series of events that are similar to J ... amine her life and the life of her mother in order to forge as stronger bond between them. Instead, Tan's novel takes the mother/daughter dynamic and analyzes it in a way that all women, not just Chin ... hter dynamic and analyzes it in a way that all women, not just Chinese-Americans, can relate to.Amy Tan's use of a frame story, or the use of a story within a story, is essential to the development of ...

(6 pages) 27 0 4.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Comparing Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue" and Gloria Anzuldua's "How To Tame A Wild Tongue"

nd speaking more than one language, I often face similar situations as Gloria Anzaldύa and Amy Tan. Going to high school where personal image is a big part of a student's life is very nerve racki ... ing in" and accepting the cultural background is a major point in both essays, Mother Tongue by Amy Tan and How to Tame a Wild Tongue by Gloria Anzaldύa, which the authors argue similarly about. ...

(3 pages) 54 0 4.5 Apr/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays