Not A Wild Tongue By Gloria Anzaldua - 2223 Words

Assimilate or retain identity After reading â€Å"How to Tame a wild Tongue† by Gloria Anzaldua, I can definitely feel the social and cultural difficulties immigrants experienced while being raised in the United State in a profound way. So it brings up a question I have as an immigrant for a long time: Would we get treated differently if we act the same way they act, speak the same kind of language they speak, eat the same type of food they eat? If we accomplish all of those things, would they consider us like them? Or would they still see us as outsiders and always keep a distance away from us? Will we have better interactions with them? Or will we still have to hang out with those people who are same races as us? By reading â€Å"Do We Really Want Immigrants to Assimilate?†, Nathan Glazer posed the question: â€Å"Is Assimilation Dead?† three years ago and his answer was yes to this concern. Though he stressed the fact that assimilation still making the progres s toward society, on the one side I agree with his notion that assimilation insists a social reality but on the other side, I strongly disagree with the idea that assimilation is dead as nation ideal. So should immigrant assimilate? There are many benefits of being multicultural and one should try their best to accommodate majority’s needs. Let’s take a look at immigration and â€Å"Cultural Assimilation†. Congressman Tom Tancredo discussed his view on immigration, contrasting the experience of his Italian grandparents with modernShow MoreRelatedA 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 MoreThe Article On A Wild Tongue By Gloria Anzaldua812 Words   |  4 Pagesarticle How to Tame a Wild Tongue written by Gloria Anzaldua covers a real life story that Gloria lived. She was born into a Mexican home in the United States during the 1970s. She was looked down upon by her peers due to the fact that she spoke Spanish. When she was in school they got her in trouble because she spoke Spanish in one of her classes. Gloria also never knew that Spanish words were not all male dominant, they also applied to females. The biggest struggle for Gloria was that she often usedRead MoreHow A Wild Tongue By Gloria Anzaldua1236 Words   |  5 Pagesdeveloping a more accepting attitude toward differences, several minority groups continue to suffer from cultural oppression. In her essay â€Å"How to Tame a Wild Tongue,† Gloria Anzaldà ºa explores the challenges encountered by these groups. She especially focuses on her people, the Chicanos, and describes the difficulties she faced practicing her mother tongue. She argues that for many years, the dominant American culture has silenced their language. She claims that by forcing them to speak English and attemptingRead 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 nationsRead MoreHow A Wild Tongue By Gloria Anzaldua And The New Mestiza1480 Words   |  6 Pagesculture? 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 bookRead MoreHow A Wild Tongue By Gloria Anzaldua And How Soccer Explains The World : An Unlikely Theory Of Globalization1309 Words   |  6 PagesTitle Throughout the years many people have experienced where he or she does not fit in a certain type of group or society because they are not accepted through the rest of society. In the short stories, â€Å"How to Tame a wild Tongue by Gloria Anzaldua and â€Å"How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization† by Franklin Foer both authors talk about how society didn’t accept them because they were different from the â€Å"social norms† through the relationship of the individual and the communityRead MoreReflection on Readings Using Comparison and Contrast Maxine Hong Kingston (Tongue Tied); Richard Rodriguez (Aria); Gloria Anzaldua (How to Tame a Wild Tongue)1358 Words   |  6 Pagesconsequences of such, depending on their social background. Reflection on readings using Comparison and Contrast Maxine Hong Kingston (Tongue Tied); Richard Rodriguez (Aria); Gloria Anzaldua (How to Tame a Wild Tongue) In the short story’s ‘Tongue Tied’, ‘Aria’ and ‘How to Tame a Wild Tongue’, written by Maxine Hong Kingston, Richard Rodriguez and Gloria Anzaldua respectively, each author interrelates the issue of bilingualism and bi-culturalism as a personal, narrative-style, life experience.Read MoreAnalysis Of How To Tame A Wild Tongue1713 Words   |  7 Pages In â€Å"How to Tame a Wild Tongue† by Gloria Anzaldua, she speaks from personal experiences she grows up with while living as a Chicana in the United States. Throughout her life she was subjected to being oppressed because of her native language. From a very young age she felt as if she was not allowed to express and acknowledge herself while speaking Spanish. Anzaldua believes that â€Å"If you want to really hurt me, talk bad about my language. Ethnic identity is twin skin to linguistic identity – I amRead MoreThe Negative Impact of Bilangual Education1216 Words   |  5 Pagesin his book â€Å"Achievement of Desire†, addresses his struggles as a young boy, trying to adapt to a bilingual education and how that education alienated him from his uneducated Mexican parents. Additionally in the excerpts â€Å"How to Tame a Wild Tongue,† Gloria Anzaldua, while she mainly focuses on the language of â€Å"Mexican† people in different aspects, also men tions her strife as a bilingual student. Although these two stories are different in many ways but they both reflect the negative impact of livingRead MoreAnzalduas Struggle with Language1502 Words   |  7 Pagesto Tame a Wild Tongue† Gloria Anzaldua, the author of â€Å"How to Tame a Wild Tongue,† expresses a very strong tie that she has to her native language. Anzaldua grew up in the United States, but spoke mostly Spanish. She did not speak the normal form of Spanish though; she spoke Chicano Spanish, a language very close to her heart. The text focuses on the idea of her losing her home accent, or tongue, to conform to the environment she is growing up in. From a very young age, Anzaldua knows that