Critical Analysis Essay Final Draft.docx ENG-122 Critical Analysis Essay Southern New Hampshire University ENG-122-Q4077 This essay will analyze œMother Tongue by Amy Tan. The quote, œdon™t judge a book by its cover
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Critical Analysis Essay Final Draft.docx ENG-122 Critical Analysis Essay Southern New Hampshire University ENG-122-Q4077 This essay will analyze œMother Tongue by Amy Tan. The quote, œdon™t judge a book by its cover, or someone™s intelligence by her English (Tan, 2006), accompanies the byline of the author™s article. Tan infers that nobody should judge another based upon their limited language skills or lack thereof as intelligence is not measurable based on a person™s understanding of a foreign language. In œMother Tongue, Tan uses her own experience as a young Asian American female growing up in a household with a Chinese mother who had difficulties fully grasping the English language as her backdrop. She takes the audience on an exciting journey of retrospection that allows for those reading to understand her choice to embrace the many different versions of English that she has come to possess. The article claims to want to educate its readers that no one should be judged based upon their language skills and that intelligence is not synonymous with how well one can grasp a foreign language. A feat that this writer feels that Tan argued well. We see that she includes her mother™s day-to-day tasks that showcased her abysmal understanding of the English language, as well as her (Tan™s) misguided feelings of shame that resulted from her mother™s less than perfect English. Tan even includes the many instances of discrimination that her mother had faced. The audience sees that she intends to impress upon them the. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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