In our everyday lives, we often encounter many situations in the workplace, as well as in school, in which we must communicate with others in order to be able to navigate our lives in the best way possible, which is known as “language.” However, language is not only useful in the workplace or school; it is also useful in our daily instances, in which we use language to show our expressive commands as well as express our ideologies, thoughts, and how we feel. Whether it is with our colleagues, friends, or family, language is something that is truly beautiful in our lives, as it exemplifies diversity as there are a variety of different languages. Language truly helps humanity, as it can help build multiple societies but also ruin them. Language can truly unite us—and also divide us. Language is an extremely fundamental aspect of human communication. Throughout the existence of language, many have written different articles and stories of their personal experiences with language and how it has extremely affected their lives, as well as how important a role it plays in their daily lives in order to have success. Amy Tan, the author of “Mother Tongue,” exemplifies how language has played a vital role in her life, as well as her success as an author. As a child of immigrants, Tan’s family had phases of adversity due to her mother being made fun of and or not being taken seriously for speaking “fractured” and or “broken” English, and even though Tan felt embarrassment about this throughout her childhood, as she grew up she realized and or used it in order to build her success as a successful Chinese-American author. And if we even have difficulties or struggle with the language, we must embrace it as something we must learn each and every day, as well as have our voices heard the way we want them to be perceived. Tan also displays a message or theme throughout the entire essay, which exemplifies that there is indeed linguistic diversity in the English language and that no one should ever follow what society says or those who judge others for the way a language is spoken due to being a foreigner, as language is beautiful and can be expressed in multiple ways. Language is beautiful and can be spoken in a multitude of ways, and no one should be judged for speaking “broken” or “fractured” English, as she has had first-hand experience of this as a daughter of immigrants.

            Amy Tan is an Asian (Chinese) American author who is well known for her novel The Joy Luck Club, as well as many other fictional children’s novels and short stories. The purpose of this reading is to inform the readers about their differences in language, from expressiveness to receptiveness. She exemplifies that it is okay to have a language spoken in different ways based on who we speak to, as it shows intimacy, a close relationship with family and friends, and a different variation at work or school. The audience is for children of immigrants, who have had to face the same struggles she has had with language during her childhood, as they have had to learn to speak two languages. Amy Tan’s exemplifies her personal experience with language, as she is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant family who has a mother who has spoken “limited” and or “broken” English, and even though she had resented her mother for this, she had always believed that her form of English was beautiful and precise. Amy Tan wrote “Mother Tongue” at the time because she was becoming aware of the various types and or kinds of English she had been using, such as the English she had used with her family and friends and the English she had used at school or in the workplace.In “Mother Tongue,” Amy chooses to implement personal anecdotes to truly portray her experience with language and the different forms of English she would use daily. She would also exemplify her academic struggles with English at school and her comparison of how she would score on an English exam versus a math exam. The appeal, or appeal, that was shown in “Mother Tongue” was pathos, or emotion. It exemplified pathos, as Amy Tan was persuading the audience through emotion, as she exemplifies that it is extraordinary to be able to speak different variations of English. And if we even have difficulties or struggle with the language, we must embrace it as something we must learn each and every day, as well as have our voices heard the way we want them to be perceived. In “Mother Tongue,” Tan has a very grateful tone, as she truly is grateful to have grown up learning different forms of English and even having the knowledge to know the different forms of English that her mother speaks. Even though many people misjudged her mother for the way she spoke English, Amy always believed that her English was beautiful, clear, and direct.

            In Amy Tan’s personal narrative, “Mother Tongue,” Amy Tan exemplifies how language has played a major role in her daily life. In the text, Tan analyzes the way she speaks (the complexity of her language) and the linguistic diversity of her different types of English. Amy Tan constructs the idea that love and language are limitless by sharing her fascination with what language does for her. Amy Tan explains how she felt about her use of sophisticated English by recouping a memory of giving a speech to an audience of academics about the Joy Luck Club. She felt bad for speaking in a way that her mother did not understand. Her mother spoke “broken” or “limited” English, while she was speaking standard American English. Amy connected limited English to her personal life and how she connects it to her emotions, as well as using language as a tool that is truly needed in daily life. Amy Tan exemplifies how her family communicates. By recording a story her mother told about a time a gangster her family knew showed respect at her wedding, Amy Tan acknowledges her ability to comprehend her mother’s expressive commands. By recording a story her mother told about a time a gangster her family knew showed respect at her wedding, Amy Tan exemplifies that, due to her growing up in an immigrant household, she has developed her own form of language, as her family has played a major role in developing the way she communicates. However, Amy believes that as a result of this, her opportunities in life have been limited. Amy Tan introduces the idea of her shame about how her mother speaks. This shows that language can often shift and change depending on who you are with, such as in family talk. Even though her mother speaks a limited form of English, or “broken English,” Amy still believes that is beautiful. She exemplifies that her receptiveness to her language was high but her expressiveness was low, as her thoughts were imperfect. However, even though her expressiveness was low, her English was still beautiful. Tan uses emotions to persuade the audience that it is amazing to be able to speak several distinct dialects of English. And even if we experience problems or troubles with the language, like this exemplification during her essay, as her mother has had difficulty speaking English, we must embrace it because we must continue to study it every day and make sure that our voices are heard in the way that we want them to be. Despite facing many adversities as a result of growing up in an immigrant family and facing humiliation for her writing, Amy Tan stated that she was always persistent and determined to be the writer she desired to be.

            Throughout the essay of Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue, Amy Tan proposes the ideology of linguistic diversity, as she had to grow up in an immigrant household with a mother who was criticized for speaking a limited form of English, or “Broken English.” However, Amy still believes that it is beautiful, and precise language has many variations. In the essay “Mother Tongue,” she analyzes the way she speaks (the complexity of her language) and the linguistic diversity of her different types of English. Amy Tan explains how she felt about her use of sophisticated English by recouping a memory of giving a speech to an audience of academics about the Joy Luck Club. She felt bad for speaking in a way that her mother did not understand. Her mother spoke “broken” or “limited” English, while she was speaking standard American English. Amy Tan uses emotions to convince the audience that being able to speak multiple different English forms is fantastic. And even if we ever run into issues or difficulties with the language, as her mother did throughout the essay’s example since she has trouble speaking English, we must embrace it because we must keep studying it every day to ensure that our voices are heard in the way that we desire them to be. This is indeed a connection to Amy Tan’s message in her mother tongue exemplifies that there is indeed linguistic diversity in the English language and that no one should be judged for the way English, or any language, is spoken, as language is beautiful.

            Language is truly a tool and a skill that is indeed diverse, complex, and essential in daily life. A language has so much variation that a single language can have different variations based on how it is spoken with family, friends, at school, and in the work environment. In Amy Tan’s, she exemplifies how her family communicates. By recording a story her mother told about a time a gangster her family knew showed respect at her wedding, This shows that language can often shift and change depending on who you are with, such as in family talk. Amy Tan exemplifies how children who have grown up in immigrant families have developed their own form of language, which shows that families have played a major role in developing how someone speaks. Amy Tan explains how she felt about her use of sophisticated English by recouping a memory of giving a speech to an audience of academics about the Joy Luck Club. She felt bad for speaking in a way that her mother did not understand. This is due to the fact that her mother spoke “broken” or “limited” English, while she was speaking standard American English. Amy Tan appeals to the audience’s emotions to persuade them that speaking several dialects of English is phenomenal. And even if we ever encounter problems or challenges with the language, as her mother did throughout the essay’s example because she struggles with speaking English, we must embrace it because we must continue learning it every day to make sure that our voices are heard in the manner in which we desire them to be. This is truly into relation to the message in Amy Tan’s essay, as she wants to exemplify, and or show that there is linguistic diversity within the language of English,  and that no one should ever be judged for the way English, or any language, is spoken, as language is something truly beautiful, and can be spoken in a multiplicity of ways.

Language is extremely important in our daily lives, as it truly helps us develop better skills that will not only make us better speakers, listeners, readers, and writers, but will also help us resolve situations in our daily lives, be it in the workplace, our families, or the school environment. In Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue,” she exemplifies that there is indeed linguistic diversity in language, and in her case, different interpretations of standard American English. Throughout Tan’s childhood, she had felt extremely embarrassed due to her mother not having the ability to speak the “correct” form of English, which also seemed to affect her in school, as her teachers would pressure her, as well as other immigrant children, to be more focused on math and science rather than literature and writing. However, this had never made her give up on her dream of becoming an author, no matter what her boss or teachers from the past would tell her. As she grew older, she felt pain for having been judged and/or embarrassed because her mother spoke “broken English,” which is why she developed the ideology of linguistic diversity, as there is no correct way to speak English, as there are many forms of speaking in just one language, and no one should be judged or embarrassed. She believed that language is a truly beautiful thing that must be learned in order to communicate with others and, more importantly, to strengthen relationships. Language truly is a resource or tool in life that is truly beautiful, as it is a way to communicate as well as understand each other through its four aspects, promotes diversity, and truly brings all of us together around the world as a united front. In Amy Tan’s life, language played a major role, as she was the child of immigrants who had learned to speak different forms of English with her family, friends, school, and workplace. Even though she had faced challenges with language, especially when building her career, she had learned to face them, rise as an author, and had chosen to tell her story with language and how it had affected her childhood and future as a whole. Language is a beautiful tool that is used not only to understand one another but also to strengthen relationships and truly define ourselves as individuals.