https://padlet.com/slatimer19/68yufn8tzl5s By Starr Latimer en-us 2018-04-17 15:18:00 UTC 2025-11-06 15:49:45 UTC hello@padlet.com slatimer19 https://padlet.com/slatimer19/68yufn8tzl5s/wish/253668137 Tan's unique view on the subject of language is completely magnificent, especially her "Language of Intimacy". I feel as though this is a universal feeling that can be resonated throughout people all around the world because of how we all change our "Mother Tongue" based on the group of people we are around. Tan goes into even more detail about the difference in her tongues " - A speech filed with carefully wrought grammatical phrases, burdened, it suddenly seemed to me, with with normalized forms, past perfect tenses, conditional phrases, all the forms of standard English that I had learned in school and through books, the forms of English I did not use at home with my mother." This idea of "Language of Intimacy" can also be found in other books, such as "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison. One example of this idea in the book is the way that Pauline Breedlove forces her daughter Peccola to address her as Mrs. Breedlove instead of mom, but then allows her charge at her workplace to address her by first name.]]> 2018-04-20 00:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/slatimer19/68yufn8tzl5s/wish/253668137 slatimer19 https://padlet.com/slatimer19/68yufn8tzl5s/wish/253689128 There is much power to be found in words, but the extent of that power lies in your ability to not only speak these words, but to use them in a way that is so captivating your audience is compelled to continue listening or reading. The world runs on words, the more convincing and persuasive a person is, the easier it will be for them to succeed in life. You could be the most intelligent person in the world, but if you aren't able to fully express your thoughts and opinions to an audience, all of your greatness could be overlooked. Amy Tan shares an example of this power in words from an encounter with her mother "The fact that people in department stores, at banks, ans at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they didn't hear her." This statement shows how a lack of words can affect a person's overall life.]]> 2018-04-20 03:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/slatimer19/68yufn8tzl5s/wish/253689128 slatimer19 https://padlet.com/slatimer19/68yufn8tzl5s/wish/253690415 The author's main point for writing this essay was to explain how people use different "Tongues" when around different groups of people. Tan mostly forces on the appeal of Pathos in her writing by centering her story on the way her mother understands, expresses, and views English, as well as how it affects her lifestyle. Tan's story gives the ups and down of her mother's struggle with the English language and the discrimination she has overcome while using it, some of her examples are quite sad, while others are actually kind of funny "My mother has long realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend I was she. In this quise, I was forced to ask for information or even to complain and yell at people who had been rude to her." This quote from her writing shows you how full of imagery the essay is, as the author is able to use small and specific details in her writing that really makes the reader feel as though they are in the story themselves.]]> 2018-04-20 03:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/slatimer19/68yufn8tzl5s/wish/253690415 slatimer19 https://padlet.com/slatimer19/68yufn8tzl5s/wish/253692417 What I wonder most about the author's story is why her mother found it so difficult to express her English to native English speakers, especially when she herself was able to understand almost all of the English writing and speaking she encountered. Tan explains how her mother was very involved in the English language and how it had become a daily routine for her "She reads the Forbes report, listens to Wall Street Week, converses daily with her stockbroker, reads all of Shirley MacLaine's books with ease - all kinds of things I can't begin to understand." With all this information in mind it;s hard for me to comprehend why Tan's mother's English is so hard to understand.]]> 2018-04-20 03:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/slatimer19/68yufn8tzl5s/wish/253692417