How A Wild Tongue By Gloria Anzaldua And The New Mestiza

Have you ever had to fight to speak freely? Have you ever had to stand up for what you believe and your culture? When Anzaldua says â€Å"So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language† she wants you to feel every aspect of what she is saying. She is wanting you to know that she is standing up for her culture. In â€Å"How to Tame a Wild Tongue† she persuades her readers to believe the way she feels and that she has gone through hell to fight for what she believes in. â€Å"How to Tame a Wild Tongue† is published in Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987), by Gloria Anzaldua and â€Å"the book talks about how she is concerned with many kinds of borders--between nations, cultures, classes, genders, and languages.† Anzaldua gives many†¦show more content†¦She discusses how her culture uses their language against each other, especially the Latinas and Chicanas, they will speak English to each other to keep it neutral. She gives the reader very vivid memories from her childhood and how being raised poor affects her identity as a person. She discusses how Mexicans identify themselves; since there are many different ways to identify culture, they make up several different cultures (Indian, Black, and Mexican). By the end she talks about the fight that Mexicans put up to stand up for their culture and their identity. Anzaldua is persuading people who are interested in Mexican culture and confirming the feelings of many Mexicans by giving many examples and with doing this she is establishing her credibility. She is told many times throughout her life that she needs to be able to speak Spanish without an accent. This affected her when she was younger a lot. She was not able to speak Spanish at school without her teacher telling her â€Å"If you want to be American, speak American! If you don’t like it, go back to Mexico where you belong.† She also had to fight with her mother about this because she wanted Anzaldua to not have the accent while speaking English. Her mother wanted her to be able to make a name for herself and believes that the only way you can do this is by not speaking English with an accent. Anzaldua explains how she was mortified by this because she spoke English like a Mexican. She explains that she hadShow MoreRelatedHow Bilingualism Has Impacted The United States Modern Education System1114 Words   |  5 PagesRebeca Patino Formal Essay #4 OAKS D America vs Language In the article, Speak Spanish, You’re in America!: El Huracan over language and Culture, Juan Gonzalez, a journalist and broadcaster of the daily show, Democracy Now, describes how bilingualism has impacted the United States’ modern education system. He describes an amendment that would constitute English as the official in the United States, which he believes can be a potential threat to the educational system. Gonzalez suggests that insteadRead MoreA Wild Tongue By Gloria Anzaldua1779 Words   |  8 Pagesâ€Å"How to Tame a Wild Tongue† Critical Analysis When Anzaldua says â€Å"So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language† she wants you to feel every aspect of what she is saying. In â€Å"How to Tame a Wild Tongue† she persuades her readers to believe this and that she has went through hell to fight for what she believes in. â€Å"How to Tame a Wild Tongue† is published in Borderlands/La Frontera, by Gloria Anzaldua and â€Å"the book talks about how she is concerned with many kinds of borders--betweenRead MoreAnalysis Of How Of Tame A Wild Tongue 1507 Words   |  7 PagesCulture In Gloria Anzaldà ºa article â€Å"How to Tame a Wild Tongue,† she shows us how different worlds so close can be so different. Anzaldà ºa shows that people have restricted freedom in society by the social norms set in them. Anzaldà ºa pressed her awareness and distraught on how people treat her depending on the type of language she uses. She also explains some of her emotions towards the way people are like with speaking and listening to accents. The article is how Anzaldà ºa explains how culture andRead MoreA Wild Tongue By Gloria Anzaldua And The New Mestiza1713 Words   |  7 PagesWhen Anzaldua says â€Å"So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language† she wants you to feel every aspect of what she is saying. In â€Å"How to Tame a Wild Tongue† she persuades her readers to believe the way she feels and that she has went through hell to fight for what she believes in. â€Å"How to Tame a Wild Tongue† is published in Borderlands/La Frontera: The New MEstiza (1987), by Gloria Anzaldua and â€Å"the book talks about how she is concerned with many kinds of borders--between nations