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I think that this essay is about how no matter how the language is communicated it should be equal to the ones being spoken around it.

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“I wanted to capture what language ability tests can never reveal: her intent, her passion, her imagery, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts”

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I think this essay is about how our languages shape our world, especially our mother tongue.

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All individuals can think, but everyone expresses their thoughts in different ways, sometimes leading others to believe an individual is inferior due to differing mannerisms.

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¨English is the tool of my trade, and I use them all¨

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I think this essay is about the author's personal experience with linguistic discrimination.

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"That was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed things, made sense of the world."

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"But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people's perceptions of the limited English speaker."

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the type of lanugage you speak does not reflect your mental capabilities or the maturity of your thoughts

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Even within a language, there are many different structures and variations that make a language more separate and personal to you.

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Language has a great impact in identity and says a lot about an individual’s character and culture.

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"Language is the tool of my trade"

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language is simply a tool to express thoughts, not a reflection of your thoughts

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I think this essay is about how the language you speak growing up shapes your experiences later in life.

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"Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, full of observation and imagery. That was the language that helped me shape the way I saw things, expressed things, made sense of the world."

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"Fortunately, I happen to be rebellious in nature and enjoy the challenge of disproving assumptions made about me."

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"Fortunately, I happen to be rebellious in nature and enjoy the challenge of disproving assumptions made about me."

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Is that no matter if the person or language is different from the status quo they should be treated with the same respect that the rest of society gets because in their mind their mother tongue is just as vivid and direct as yours.

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" I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mothers "limited" English limited my perception of her..." I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect."

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I believe this essay was written for the author to express her experiences and thoughts on language barriers and language discrimination.

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You don’t know how people feel to have their mother tongue in a way not accepted or put down, until you have lived through it. And many people saw the authors mom differently but the author was thankful for her mom and learned that her experience helped her see things from a different perspective.

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I believe that Amy Tan's purpose was to show the reader that we as a society equate education with the way a person speaks. When a person speaks broken english, we jump to the conclusion that they are uneducated or lesser than. Instead of taking into account their life experiences and struggles, we dismiss them. The author was trying to prove that a person's language is not an accurate representation of their knowledge.

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"Apart from what any critic had to say about my writing, I knew I had succeeded where it counted when my mother finished reading my book and gave me her verdict: "So easy to read"."

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I feel like the main purpose of the essay was to explain "why there are not more Asian Americans represented in American literature." and the author goes on to explain that the presence of a mother tongue other than English in their family, may lead to their Asian Americans students English to be affected, therefore affecting their understanding in literature. Which therefore, makes them want to pursue a future in which English isn't involved, such as math, and in a way giving up on English.

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The author explains that one should not shy away from their own mother tongue language out of shame. Rather, one should embrace his mother tongue language and stay connected to his cultural roots.

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This essay is about how the narrator, Amy Tan, evolved from being ashamed to speak her own variety of English to embracing her mother tongue language as a part of her identity.

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I think one purpose is that the way you use language should not be misunderstood as an indicator of intelligence or ability. Another purpose is to encourage the unashamed use of hybrid languages like her mom's "broken English" and fight to reduce stigma around the use of these languages.

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One purpose Tan has is to show that one should not limit their perception of someone just based on the way they speak. Instead, they should accept it and learn from it.

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I think this essay is about how Amy Tan has dealt with and overcome language discrimination as an individual who grew up in a family with a different mother tongue.

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I think the essay is about her personal experience and dealing with language discrimination, and how she learns from it and grows as a person because of all her childhood experiences.

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"Like others, I have described it to people as 'broken' or 'fractured' English. But I wince when I say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than 'broken', as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed..."

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I think that the text is about differing variations of English and their speakers' interactions and perspective.

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One purpose Amy Tan has is to show that different experiences can affect one's interpretation of a language and that one shouldn't let other people define what that language means to them.