Amy Tan Monologue

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There are certain moments in your life when your parents try to embarrass you, or your significant other, or simply just a friend. Like you almost feel ashamed of them, you don't want to be near them so people don't know you know them. Being ashamed and being embarrassed by someone goes hand in hand. You may love this person but you are embarrassed by how this person acts. Amy Tan feels this way about her mother, and I feel this way about my sister. Tan is ashamed of her mother's english, as I am ashamed at how my sister is creating her life. Amy Tan was born in 1952 in Oakland California. She was born of two chinese parents. Tan was ridiculed during school because of her english skills. They always told her science and math was the right route for her, but Tan disagreed. Tan had gone to school pre-med, and within the first year she changed her major to english. Tan, when she has grown and was married realized that there was something particular with her family's “language”. Tan’s mother speaks in a “broken” language, as some would say. Tan grew up speaking this language thinking nothing of it, but now as a english major, she realizes that it’s different from most. She also realized her and her husband have same, …show more content…

I believe that Tan wished that her mother would have tried to learn more prominent american language. I thought my sister would have tried to raise Elena first before asking for help from the government and her facebook friends. Tan is ashamed that she had to speak for her mother when she was doing business. I was ashamed when I had to explain to my family and friends what my sister was doing, and vouched for her. Tan wants her mother to be able to speak to a physician without needing to call Ten, and myself, would like to be able to say my sister raised Elena without help from anyone but her and Elena's

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