During the semester we read “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldua for one of our class readings. When I first read this essay I thought it was just talking about how she was a rebellious girl that could not be controlled. However, after we read through the essay in class, I understood how language played a bigger part of what makes an individual. I became very interested in this essay because whenever I read something so far it would only be either in Spanish or in English. I had never seen a text that combined the two languages without there being a translation right after something was written in Spanish. I had heard “Spanglish” every time I had a family gathering but seeing it in text just made me see writing in a very different way.

through reading this essay, I grew very interested in the author, and in turn, I wanted to learn more about Gloria Anzaldua’s personal life and how it translated into her writing.