Tanya wants to inspire those of her culture that can relate to what she is going through, while also asking for acceptance within the Latino community. Tanya was brought to the United States by her parents who were fluent in both languages. One parent was an artist and the other a psychology professor. Her parents only wanted what was best for her, so they only allowed them to read, write, and speak English. Tanya’s parents did this because they wanted her to fit into this, “red, white and blue world.”(pg 8) They wanted her to be able to speak the English language without a hint of the Spanish accent.
This means that since everyone was hitting and picking on her she didn’t give up. She actually uses the bullies’ offense as her defense. Its quite unique because this is something you don’t see everyday but her grandmother told her to thank the people who called her names.Its a brilliant idea by her grandmother, yes indeed these words were hurtful, but Melba was clever enough not to show it. Doing this will confuse the bullies to thinking that she doesn’t care what they said or thought of her. I chose this book because i actually read this book long ago when I was younger and I decided to expand on my little prior knowledge of this book “Warriors Don’t Cry”.
The First Amendment Applies to Whom? “What do you want to do when you grow up?” Kaitlin Nootbar, valedictorian at Prague high School, in Prague Oklahoma had a response in her salutation speech “How the hell do I know? I have changed my mind so many times.” Now the school wants a written apology before giving her a diploma she has earned, not because of the message of the speech but because she had the audacity to utter the word hell without permission. For a teenager it is not considered politically correct to say a vulgar word such a hell valedictorian or not. Granted she did submit a draft to the school of what her speech would consist and used the word heck instead of hell.
This embodied sin of Hester follows her wherever she travels to, just as the actual embroidered letter sticks with Hester. Just as Pearl depicts her mother's sin, she also shows her mother's resilience and emotional strength. This is equivalent to how the scarlet letter ends up being a symbol of power in the Puritan society. "The scarlet letter had the effect of the cross on a nun's bosom. It imparted to the wearer a kind of sacredness which enabled her to
Her religion helps develop audacity within herself. At a very young age Patria shares a deep connection with God. Her instructors at the Inmaculada Concepcion always expected her to become a nun. This changes when she develops feelings for Pedrito Gonzales: "I cleared my throat, but I could not speak. I was so sorry to disappoint her, and yet I felt there was nothing to apologize for.
She does this by using Spanish words that people may not understand and by using an unorganized, random structure to confuse the reader. It is clear that Anzaldua was strongly against assimilating into American culture and becoming Americanized; she wants to keep the Chicano culture alive. Her parents, however, wanted her to do things the American way so that she could pursue the American Dream and make something of herself; therefore her parents often scolded her for speaking Spanish in school. Anzaldua’s ideal reader needs to be able to sympathize with her and to have an open mind. In order to make the reader meet these qualifications, Anzaldua tries to confuse and frustrate the reader by using language that is difficult to understand in the form of excerpts from poems, a muddled structure, and confusing
I think Ismene changed her mid because Antigone is her sister and you always stand up for family. She didn’t want to commit the crime because she was trying to talk Antigone out of doing the crime. In the end Ismene is the only one who lives and has a kind of guilt free life. She may not have family left besides Creon but at least she tried to save them. I think out all the characters she made the smarter choices and she thought about the consequences.
After the first time I put myself in her shoes per say, and realized that the author was just trying to emphasize the repetitive lives that the characters now live. It also shows how severe the handicaps are and how she is almost completely unaware of what’s actually happening in her life other than her present few moments. When Hazel mentions that she would play chimes on Sundays in honor of religion, still slightly confuses me. Is the author trying to show that the characters still have faith? Is the passage just simply trying to show how Hazel is trying to keep herself consciously thinking about something for a decent amount of time, but then her thoughts are quickly changed?
She was poor and had a baby that was not her husbands, yet she decided to keep it and it was the savior of the world. I really learned a lot from the “our response” section of the article, because it gave me a new perspective on how to go about talking to be about abortion. I used to try and show them hos it is wrong and awful, but that’s not our main goal. We need to remember that only God can change the hearts of those who do not believe and we must treat those who do not with grace, gentleness, and
English 121 7/5/2010 A Homeless Language Gloria Anzaldúa wrote “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” with the intent of letting others in on the language barriers she faced in the America she lived in. She was of Mexican descent but born in Texas during a time when being bilingual was not seen as something to boast about on a resume. She repeatedly tells the reader of the importance of maintaining their native language and to not be ashamed to use it. The essay uses various methods that help convey the message to her readers. flashbacks, pathos, Spanish phrases without translation, and symbolism while using the fluctuation of her tone to emphasize each one.