11/29 Response

I think that making writing “easier” for people to understand outside of my native country or homeland is not worth it. I would rather write in my original language and have it be easier to understand for natives of my land rather than translate it to fit the tongues of others. Writer Ngugi acknowledges this and says “that question is what set in motion my thinking about the unequal relationship of power between languages”.  In the writing world, there is a relationship between all works and language. Across the world, English takes top place for being the most prevalent language in literature. Ngugi admits this in the article, while he also argues the importance of writing in your native language.  Ngugi feels that you should be able to write in your native language without being penalized for it, which I agree with. However, another writer: Rushdie feels the opposite. He feels that you should feel pride in writing in English, since it is a part of post colonial language. He reports that “The debate about the appropriateness of English in post-British India has been raging ever since 1947; but today, I find, it is a debate which has meaning only for the older generation.” I disagree with Rushdie, because I have seen many people these days fighting against post colonial traditions, so I feel like this topic would be very interesting to them.