Mother Tongue

The Struggles of Being an Immigrant In Mother Tongue, Amy Tan goes in depth about how difficult it was for her mother to be a recent Chinese immigrant. She had a very heavy Chinese accent and most of the time people would say that they could not understand her. Tan talks about the four different … Read more

Asian-American Stereotypes In the article “Mother Tongue,” the author Amy Tan expresses her opinion on both the english language for asian-american stereotypes and their culture based on their degree and language “classes” during school years. As a writer of the story, Amy feels as if the teachers have been forcing asian-american students into math and … Read more