A Wild Tongue By Gloria Anzaldua And The New Mestiza

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 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, cultures, classes, genders, and languages.† Anzaldua gives many examples of how she felt when being classified as a Chicana. Her thesis in this is that she is â€Å"arguing for the ways in which identity is intertwined with the way we speak and for†¦show more content†¦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 persuades her audience of Chicanos by her examples of her credibility. She is told many times 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. She would tell her â€Å"I want you to speak English. Pa’ hallar buen trabajo tienes que saber hablar el ingles bien. Que vale toda tu educacion si todavia hablas ingles con un accent.† This translated to â€Å"To find good work you must know how to speak English well. That is worth all your education if you still speak English with an accent.† Anzaldua explains how she was mortified of this because she spoke English like a Mexican. She explains that she had t o take two classes in order to get rid of her accents. She went on to become a teacher in 1971 and she was teaching High School English to ChicanoShow MoreRelatedHow 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 Bilingualism Has Impacted The United States Modern Education System1114 Words   |  5 Pages Native American students were not the only ones affected by Americanization, which threaten to abolish their native language. Any child that did not fluently speak English was also be affected. As Gonzalez points out, forcing students to learn a new language would have prolonged damage in students’ education and could even cause psychological problems. As Gonzalez mentions, â€Å"Changing a child s language is not as simple as learning to dress differently. It involves a complex switching of culturalRead 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 PagesCracks in Culture 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