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I think the main idea of this story is how her mother's not very well spoken English changed the author's life.

I can relate to the author by being in a situation where I have to translate documents or a phone call.

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The Main Message in Mother tongue is about language. Our language is how we communicate and how we interact with people. Appreciating the diversity of language. Immigrant parents most of the time have to turn to their kids to translate messages.

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The central idea of Mother Tongue that the way their mother spoke, in "broken english" is what made them become what they are, going into writing instead of something involving math or precise answers. Her mother did shape her future.

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The main message of mother tongue is that language doesn't have to be "perfect" to be meaningful. Amy shows that even "broken" English can express deep thoughts, love, and identity. What stood out to me was how Tan wrote for her mother, using all the English she grew up with, it showed that real communication is about connection, not correctness

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Amy Tan explores the intricate connection between language, identity, and perception in Mother Tongue. Her reinterpretation of what it means to speak "good" English caught my attention the most. Tan illustrates how language is a reflection of culture, emotion, and relationship in addition to being a means of communication through personal tales, particularly her experiences with her mother's supposedly "broken" English. Tan demonstrates the depth and clarity of her mother's English inside their family, despite the fact that society frequently views it as limited or flawed. As someone who is bilingual and hasn't yet mastered English despite learning it for a few years, I could relate to her story. I still get embarrassed or feel foolish sometimes when I hear a word that I just can't pronounce.

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The main idea of “Mother Tongue” is the self reflection of her experience as a bilingual child, and her eventually coming to realize that language, no matter how limited or advance, can be a way to connect with her culture rather than be a something to be ashamed off.

Something that stood out to me while reading over Amy Tan’s story is her recounting of being her mother’s translator when it came to serious information/issues. It reminds me how in my own family all my siblings are bilingual, but our parents have “broken” English, and there would be times where we had to translate important documents, calls, etc for them— and while this is such a common experience with immigrant families, it’s makes me feel seen.

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I think that the main idea of Amy Tan´s story is about immigrant parents not really knowing english and how that can impact in one´s life. The author sends out a message that the way we speak does´nt have to be perfect in order to send a message of love and meaning.

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Jimmy Alvallero

Mother Tongue sparks the talk of langue and the effect on immigrant children and how language barriers reflect not just the growth of the children but their idealism in languages. The story speaks about the importance of learning and understanding how languages reflect people. The story speaks about how people get treated because of their English or lack of when it comes to coming to a new country. The story shows the negative effects of not knowing English has on people and their children because they do not grow with a perfect English. Overall the story speaks about the lack of vision when it comes to the English language and reflecting with its own self. Something I found interesting was when the narrater speaks about how she has good English yet she still lack the fundematal because of her mother's English and what she grew up on. Overall the story speaks pn the effects immigrants have on the world and people because of what they speak and how it affects them personally. And how immigrants are pushed to be something they do not want to be.

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The thing that caught my attention was the fact that when her mother spoke she wasn’t taken seriously compared to her daughter when she spoke to those same people.The way the author spoke at home caused her development of the language that was slightly hindered due to her mother’s imperfect English but despite that the clarity between her and her mother despite the circumstances was very clear as when communicating with different groups of people.

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The writing was about a Chinese family who had immigrated to the US. Having an accent that many people wouldn't understand. Having your daughter handle the phone calls for appointments, talking work-related stuff, diagnostics, etc. Be who you are, even if help is needed, being the person to be brave enough, no matter the situation, to do the right thing.