ANT 2000 Lecture Notes - Final Analysis
5 Sep 2014
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Running head: analysis: how to tame a wild tongue. In the narrative essay how to tame a wild tongue gloria anzald a explores the idea of self-identification and self-hate. Anzald a uses personal accounts of how the languages she spoke hindered her. Anzald a (1987) states i remember being caught speaking spanish at recess that was good for three licks on the knuckle with a sharp ruler (p. 2947). This exhibits how she faced opposition very early in life because of the language she spoke. Anzald a"s personal account of how speaking her native language affected her improves the reader"s ability to visualize what that may have felt like to her. Ultimately, enhancing the reader"s ability to empathize with her on what she has gone through. However, with this empathy lies a divide by the use of her personal experience. This is because not every child may have experienced getting in trouble for speaking their native language in school.
