How To Tame A Wild Tongue

Most people may have some form of language barrier, no matter what background they came from. Difference is what define the world around. People tend to oppress the unfamiliar ones. Whether a little contrast of two colors or a comparison of their nations, the diversity shapes the identities of people. In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldúa and “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, both have similar subject as they both discussed how different forms of the same language are recognized in society. They emphasize the fact that a person can unconsciously develop different ideas through a language and categorizes an individual by the way they speak. Both articles reflect how the language an individual speak is linked with their identity. Anzaldúa …show more content…
The languages people speak around their families are often different from the ones they use in their work place or on the professional world. Tan writes “It has become our language of intimacy, a different sort of English that relates to family talk, the language I grew up with.” (Tan 504). She remembered a time when she was conscious of the English she was using around her mother. Tan was walking down the street with her mother and using the same English she uses around her mother. She even states that it wasn’t the same type of English she uses around her …show more content…
They both described that there are many forms of language, whether it is their native tongue or English, they must understand to function back and forth, between cultures. Both women guided their way through the educational system, which was not designed with them in mind. Both essays showed how the desirable language can often create a division and build a barrier between individuals. They were also viewed by their communities as being limited because of their native language was not standard. It is important that first-generation immigrants and their children or the second-generation immigrants to feel comfortable speaking in many ways. Their identities lie in both American and their native culture. To be successful in general one needs a good working English that everyone can understand but the frequent feeling of intimacy with their family members a simple English may be spoken or their native tongue. Anzaldúa and Tan painted us a picture on how they grew up using another language and the struggle on being an

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