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Whatever challenges one will encounter, one day they will be victors and navigate through them. These struggles are intended to inspire people to make their dreams come true, as seen in the Memoirs of the Rebel Princess. The reader is about to read an emotional tale that ends happily and speaks about a young and optimistic lady who lived with her grandma until her fourth birthday. Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue is a fascinating piece of literature that explains the effect on an individual’s natural language as one conceptualizes and speaks another language. Both these stories speak of life experiences that inspire the reader to never lose heart.
Memoirs of a Rebel Princess
The young girl in this story was raised within the guidelines of the Islamic religion. The author of this story used an emotional language to appeal to the readers to continue reading the text. She talks about the suffering that she went through at her grandmother’s residence. She was often slapped, pinched, and her head hit on the wall when she did the things that her grandmother considered a mistake. The use of an emotional language by this author can also be seen in the last section of the excerpt when this young lady had become a genius. The author says, “Bursting with pride and affection, Sarkar Amman generously distributed sweets and rewards with me with a one-day holiday and a kiss!” (Sultaan 6) The girl was both emotional and surprised as nobody had ever kissed her before.

The author used logical facts in her story. The excerpt talks about the overall lifecycle of an ideal Islamic girl from the time she is born to the time that she is of age to start reasoning. The author talked about events, such as Bismillah. The reader’s immediate response is a pity for the young girl who is the principal character in the story. The tone that was presented in this literary work was benevolent. The author portrayed the main character, who is herself, as a victim of circumstances making the readers feel sympathetic.

The potential audience of this piece is the people that are currently undergoing difficulties in their lives, precisely, orphans who live with guardians that mistreat them. This literary work provides them with some sense of hope that life may have devoid them. I believe that this piece reached and impacted on the lives of the target audiences.

Mother Tongue by Amy Tan

The language used in this story was more of affectionate than emotional as she expressed an understanding of why her mother communicates in ‘broken English.’ However, the story of her mother suffering from a malign brain tumor becomes emotional and dawns the tone of the narrative.

The narrator of this story used several logical facts. Most immigrant families find it hard to cope with their new locations and to comprehend English fully. Amy shares with the readers some questions that she has been asked such as, “Why do Chinese students go into engineering?” indicating that Asian American immigrants fear creative writing programs (n.p.). The author used an example of a Chinese family she is a part of. The narrator’s mother tries to express herself in English but cannot construct a logical statement. However, the author of this piece understands the mother since that is the language that she was brought up in.

The perception that a reader has immediately after reading this story is that we must never forget the milestone that we have been through and our origin. The author knew all the things that her mother talked about and had gotten used to it to a point where she felt that her language was just okay.

The tone used in this piece is assertive as all the characters, including the narrator, are confident with the language that they communicate with. The tone affects the reader by building a sense of persistence and self-confidence. The potential target audiences of this narrative are the Asian American immigrant families and the people that live with them. I feel that the literacy narrative reached this target population and enhanced their understanding on why Asian American immigrants do not major in language arts.

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Works Cited

Sultaan, Abida. Memoirs of a Rebel Princess. Oxford University Press, 2013.

Tan, Amy. “Mother Tongue.” The Essay Experience Fall 2013, http://theessayexperiencefall2013.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2013/09/Mother-Tongue-by-Amy-Tan.pdf. Accessed 30 January 2017.