Name: Rifat Sultana
Freshmen composition
Instructor: Noelle M Nagales

Rhetorical analysis essay
“Mother tongue” an article by an author named Amy Tan was attempted to sensitize on the importance of the language and the power it wields in society. She tells her readers that she was introduced to the language in several ways. In 1990 Amy Tan recognized immigrant’s problem with communication when writing the articles “Mother tongue”. In her article she describes the English she grew up with as an immigrant and she assumed of her mother’s “broken language”. She described the different languages she uses, the one when she is having a conversation with her mother and the one uses when she begins to write and also, she explains how she overcome the journey of learning English by using real life examples.

The author uses logos and reasoning in her article. An example is she was explaining her mom would have her call to ask information” The fact people in department stores, at banks and at the restaurant did not take
her seriously, did not give her good service, pretend not to understand her, or event act as if they did not hear her” This goes on how Amy Tan use her article “ Mother tongue” to explain to the readers how her mother “broken English” affected to her life and because of that people would see her different. “Mother tongue” is to persuade people so respect people Who struggle with English because she has serval personal connections. I believe is that in her essay she presents to the public that just because an
individual does not have or speak “perfect English”, it does not mean the person intellectual. She was exposed to this and others from of this English language, so it was easy to her go back and forth and understand them.

Amy utilizes many key points to achieve her goal and reinforces my claim in her article. In one particular of the story, her mother said to the stockbroker “What he wants, I come to New York tell him in front of his
boss, you cheating me? She was trying to say in her article that stockbroker attempts to defraud Amy’s mother from proceeds based on the beliefs that he can take advantage judging from her inability to speak fluent English. After the stockbroker attempts to defraud her mother, she quickly resolves the situation by talking to him. In the occasion when the hospital staff lost the results of her brain scan. They treated the matter with no care in the world and she was brushed aside. The author’s main idea since they show
evidence of how two people in the opposite spectrums of comprehending the English language achieve varied results on their command for the language. The author main audience is mainly immigrants with
emphasis to their children. A person is considered intelligent as long as he speaks English. In fact, a person is considered well mannered and well educated when she/he speaks Fluent English. For example, Amy is
more respected than her mother in the society because of her good diction.

In her article “Mother Tongue “Tan emphasizes the importance of the voice of immigrants despite the limited English they can speak. Her challenge comes in since she must revert to “broken English” to relate
with her mother to avoid being and outsider in her eyes. Throughout the article, the author present’s a positive and hopeful tone and directly gives a message for hope. For instance, she explains that “it can seem that there nowhere for you or on road that will bring you wellbeing and satisfaction. It is vital that we understand language’s ability to shape our values, dreams, and personalities; we must recognize itdoes the same for immigrants. Additionally, using proper English and meet’s Society’s expectation as well
as achieve her own dream of being writer.