Being born in China but living in America, she seems ashamed of her roots and that is why she is embarrassed when her mother speaks broken English (Tan 142-146). But, although she tries hard to be American speaking and writing good English, she realizes that she has deviated from her true self. She finally makes peace with her mother and she starts appreciating her “Mother Tongue”, which consequently affects her writing positively. This shows just how peoples’ native languages are important in their lives. Our “Mother Tongue” is what gives us identity; it defines who we are, and therefore, people should value their native languages.
| Hint: p. 17 | SLO1:Describe public speaking and identify effective communication skills, such as strategic planning. | LO1E:identify important aspects of the rhetorical situation. | | 0 | 19. | Critical thinking involves: a. analyzing various points of view. | b. distinguishing facts from opinions.
After the incident at the walk-a-thon, sister Louise tells Josie she is not an outcast and is a trend setter, saying “The girls copy what you do. They look up to you.” Josie sees her culture differently after this event in the novel, and by discarding the problems associated with the misconception of Josie’s culture, the idea of multiculturalism is shown to be important through the events that make her see her culture differently. As well as the walk-a-thon, John Barton’s death was a significant event that changed the way Josie feels about her culture. John Barton taught Josie through his death that you have to accept your hang-ups to be emancipated, as John had to die to achieve his emancipation. Rather than turning her back to her Italian culture, Josie sees this can’t be changed and accepts it, saying, “You can’t change what you’re a part of.
Like author Judith Ortiz Cofer writes her story “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl named Maria” that “As a Puerto Rican girl living in the Unites States and wanting like most children to “belong,” I resented the stereotype that my Hispanic appearance called forth from many people I met” (366). Parents raise their kids to become the stereotype instead making them see the better in them and the batter in
Struggle for the American Dream Anzia Yezierka’s, Bread Givers talks about the life of an immigrant girl who struggles to leave behind her Jewish American culture and obtain the American culture by interacting with Americans. Throughout the book, Sara Smolinsky is looked down upon because she’s an immigrant. Because of her Jewish heritage she is being forced to do what her father tells her. As Sara starts to become older she starts to change and do things her own way. Not following her sisters footsteps, Sara wants to make a difference for herself and decides she wants to associate with the American life.
Research Problem and Method Paper SOC/100 Many people today relate differently to the idea of migration of immigrants into the United States of America. Most if asked, would immediately relate this directly to the Latin American immigrant population. Today there are a variety of immigrants in the United States who do not speak English as their first language, such as those from Latin America, and former Soviet countries as well. A research study should be conducted to identify the impacts of the language barrier and how it directly correlates or impedes successful work environments, both public and commercial. The research design will be vital in determining the impacts of language barriers.
The purpose for Bharati’s use of this strategy is to show the differences that both her sister and she go through as immigrants and that even though they both have different views on immigration, both go through hardships as immigrants of America. The way in which Bharati goes through and explains the feeling that an immigrant has the fact that she explains everything so detailed suggests that her audience is that of the
Individualism in American culture today is diminishing family values. Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel in her argumentative essay, "The Young, the Rich, and the Famous: Individualism as an American Cultural Value" wrote in such an organized way, I found it extremely difficult to not side with her in most all aspects that she touched on. She incorporated her own personal life into her essay just enough, given the topic. As I was reading I couldn't help but feel emotional as I tied her examples in with my own life. Natadecha-Sponsel was very effective at persuading the reader of her opinions.
In the articles we read, the authors created a fundamental value specific to their culture by using examples of the effects they had with different members of their family. In Lee’s “Mute in an English-Only World,” it shows his level of maturity due to his mother’s influence on him an her respect in the culture. In "Mother Tongue," Tan explains how her mother changed her writing by changing her way of receiving the language. Lee and Tan, both of immigrant backgrounds, use their memories of deceased mothers to build credibility in their respective articles. Both of these writers were molded by their mothers.
Gloria Anzaldúa was a prolific writer coediting with Cherríe Moraga and was a sixth-generation Tejana. In her essay, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” Anzaldúa argues that American education makes it hard for one person to understand their own cultural identity while adapting to American culture as well. She claims that the education system is focused around only American English language and pushes out other cultures. Students from other cultures can’t even speak their own language and have to stick with speaking in English. Anzaldúa argues that this can lead to linguistic terrorism which is when a person feels uncomfortable about his or her own culture and feel awkward talking in their native tongue.