- In the essay How to Tame a Wild Tongue by Gloria Anzaldúa, she disagrees that their are firm lines between different languages and people that speak different languages. “Chicano Spanish is not incorrect, it is a living language”. This line demonstrates that, while various people speak different languages, the goal of language is to communicate and connect with one another. She also demonstrates that even if she speaks different languages, there may be a shared reality, because she speaks different languages and communicates in different languages.
2. Anzaldua is a persuasive writer in my opinion because she takes a stand for what she really believes in. She chose to base her literary narrative on the difficulties she has faced throughout her life in a different language. Her writing is virtually contradictory, if not outright defiant. Her entire essay is about her inability to express herself in the way she desired, despite the fact that it is written bilingually. As the reader learns about her inability to change languages, Anzaldua demonstrated in her work that she was able to rise above all of the criticism and drift towards success, inspiring inspiration.
3. Liao’s literacy narrative conventions are most visible in Sedaris’ essay, as they both learn a new language from not knowing to know, from confusion to fluency. However, Sedaris believes that the convention that Liao mentioned is that “Literacy narratives both show and tell.” and must illustrate ideas about things as a result of one’s own experiences. However, in Sedaris’ essay, It appears like she’s complaining about her French teacher’s harshness in the classroom, but she didn’t elaborate on how she improved her French comprehension. Instead, she simply asserts that she understands the teacher’s final remarks.
4. By the end of her piece, I don’t believe Manson feels the same way she did at the beginning. The situation wasn’t totally solved, but she tried her best and was satisfied with the outcome. “Even if my thoughts were incomplete, I stated what I had to say.” There was more to it. You may count on me for the rest of your days! My words were not enough, but I did the best I could” (Manson, 88). Without being self-conscious, she accepts that she has a problem with vocabulary as well as the ability to express her thoughts.
I admire how you acknowledged Anzaldua as a persuasive writer in your second response. It seems so obvious yet I did not come up with this thought during my writing process.