Amy Tan

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Response paper


When reading the article “Mother Tongue,” I was surprised to see that my mother was a little bit like Amy Tan’s mother. My mother has been living in California for about 30 years, but she still uses a little bit of broken English. The only difference is the fact that Amy Tan speaks to her mother in Chinese, while they are at home. My mother, on the other hand, has never tried to teach me how to speak Spanish, although I think it would have been a great opportunity for me while I was growing up. My father is the same way, he is from the Middle East (Jordan), yet he has never bothered to teach me how to speak Arabic. My father has been living in America for about the same number of years as my mother, and like her, he uses a little bit of broken English as well. I believe that the only reason why they speak with broken English Is because they have relatives that live in America, that they see all the time, and these relatives barely speak English.
In the other article, “Go North, Young Man,” it was a little bit difficult for me to understand the article. What I did understand was that immigrants come to America hoping that they will receive great opportunities because our country is known for possibility, and freedom. In our society, most people would not like to do the labor that most of the immigrants do when they decide to migrate to America. Immigrants are the people of our country, they work the hardest and try to fit in the best that they can. America is supposed to accept those who want to receive greater opportunities, but most people believe that immigrants such as the Chinese and the Mexicans are invading our country. Most of the people who live in America have more than likely migrated to America to receive greater opportunities, but the only difference is they have lived here longer. American is no ones country, we all immigrants in our own way trying to find a better way to live. This country...