—Hugo Rodriguez The text that I connected with was “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Conner. This text was difficult to understand at first, and I had to read through it a couple of times in order to build an understanding of this text. I connected with this text because the main character of the story […]
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Tan’s Inspiration
—Anonymous Amy Tans writing is a very moving piece. While listening to do background of how the writing was organized, I started to realize how effective one’s writing can be. Tan talks about being good at English as more than just being able to speak a language and understand it. Now this is an important […]
Douglass’s Strategy
—Anonymous “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” was a great work because of all the information it provided to the world. Frederick Douglass uses a number of strategies in his writing to prove a series of arguments about the humanity of the slave and to call for the end of slavery. When […]
A great work that can be related to our contemporary moment
—Anonymous I believe that “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan is a great work that can be related to our contemporary moment because it shows how people perceive the same language differently. When Amy Tan talks about her mother’s experiences with the language in America, I can relate to her because English is my second language. […]
Amy Tan is writing her story, and she wasn’t supposed to be a writer at all
—Anonymous After reading “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan I realized that it was a great work of literature. The reason I thought so was because of the whole concept of why Amy Tan is writing her story, and that Is because she went supposed to be a writer at all. She explains how her parents […]
