- Anzaldua disagrees with the theory that there are firms between languages because she believes that most the language are not new. They either delivered in Spanish or English. For example on page 70, it mentions, “The first time I heard two women a Puerto Rican and a Cuban, say the word “Nostras” which is basically a Spanish word used to identify male or female.” Another example is on page 70 where it mentions, “Chicano language is not correct, it is a living language”. That means she wants to make a connection between two languages and this is the reason she sometimes speaks Tex-Mex (72). Also, she believes language can’t reveal identity.
- Anzaldua’s style was to use both Spanish and English language as well as to emphasize her personal story and culture. She was referring to the ways in which different cultures and different nationalities grate against each other. For example on page 69, ” if you want to be American, speak American, if you don’t like it then go back Mexico, where you belong” This allowed to understand the literacy to readers so that they can connect these incidents with them. Me as a reader, properly understand her literacy when reading because I have also faced the problem but in a different way.
- Lios’s confusion about fluency is most apparent in Sedaris’s essay. After moving to Paris to learn French, Sedaris takes his quest a step further by enrolling in a French class. He struggled to learn this language at the beginning of the story but in the end, he understands everything that his teacher said to the class. Liao’s discourse community is also another thing that appears in Sedaris’s essay where the discourse community is common language and goals. By contrast, Juggling Several Linguistic Identities seemed least important where culture and identities barely mention in the whole essay.
- Throughout the essay, Manson’s questions hint maybe she is depressed or hopeless. In the beginning, she mentioned that her main problem is communicating experiences that started affecting her social life and her family as well. Also, she hesitates to talk when she moved. For example, in her senior year, she went on a heritage trip, and there she spoke approximately 20 words the entire time. But in the end, she became confident and doesn’t hesitate to talk and communicate with people., For example, she mentions on page 87 that she opened her mouth and explained to her friends her struggle with words. Her communication helps her to expand her knowledge about vocabulary.
ENG 2100: Writing 1 with Jay Thompson
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