ENG122 Lecture Notes - Amy Tan, Pre-Medical
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Critical analysis of mother"s tongue by amy tan. Published in california, in 1990, tan"s essay explores how her heritage influenced her life, schooling, kept her between two cultures, and brought her humiliation. However, she eventually learns to appreciate her past. The purpose of the essay was to show the reader the difference between standard and broken english and how it affects society and the life of a chinese-american. In the reflective essay mother"s tongue by amy tan looks at how languages you learn as a child can affect your education, how you communicate, and how you express yourself through writing. Language is an important part of an educational path. Therefore, as you increase your ability and use of language, you increase your ability to learn and teach within a community. Tan states that i became an english major my first year in college, after being enrolled as pre-med.
