ENG122 Lecture 5: 2-5 Journal_ Importance of Analysis EDITED (1)
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According to merriam-webster, when referring to the phrase "mother"s tongue", it means one"s native language. China, so the purpose of her writing this essay was to show the difference between standard and broken english and the challenges she had to go through to use her version of the english language. Tan wrote this essay to show how the power language had on society at the time. Tan used diction in a defensive, remorseful and angry way to show the reader the struggles her mother had to go through to master the english language. Based on the way she wrote this piece of writing, it shows me that not everyone"s first language is english and that there are so many struggles and problems with how people speak and with them trying to learn. Tan claims throughout her writing how the limitations on how you use your version of the.
