Kylie Kohut
English 1100
August 29, 2015
Prof. Young
1. The opening scene of Anzaldua in the dentist chair connects to this story all around because, she is getting yelled at by the dentist because of her not being able to control her tongue. But, this action is natural for her just like speaking in her native language is natural and she is getting yelled at for it.
2.Anzaldua's use of Spanish through out the writing is to show how she felt about having to read and speak in English and how she couldn't always understand or make sense of it. It makes sense to the reader if they use their context clues.
3. Academic English and Standard Spanish are a lot alike as is Chicano Spanish and nonstandard English. Academic English is similar like Standard Spanish, because it is not the typical language you would speak every day, both of these are the more sophisticated way of speaking the languages, and the languages you would use if you were to write a paper for school. The Chicano Spanish and nonstandard English are the type of language that you would use when speak to friends and family in normal conversational situations.
4. The necessity of speaking and writing in Academic English as an identity in this writing is a way to "Americanize" the author. It is not necessary but it is what is believed by many people to make someone American is to speak in the proper English ways and not broken English.
5. The various types of English identities that we use today are the common street slang, proper English, and broken English. You use common street slang when talking to friends and family, while you use proper English when talking to a boss or professor. Broken English is used when you usually don't have English as your first language and don't know how to speak it very well.
6.No I don't use a secret language that I use with my friends.
7.The form of English I use when speaking to my friends is nonstandard, and when talking to my parents or professors I use standard English.
8. "I am my language", means that usually your language you speak depicts your culture; a persons culture is part of their identity.
9. The intro of this paper is talking about how it is hard to tame their tongues and tame their nature, while the conclusion of this paper is about how they learned to keep their culture.
10.The language you speak is part of your identity, because helps to show the persons culture and back ground. A lot of times the language you speak is a reflection of the background you grew up in.
11. Identity is very important to me, because its what makes you who you are as a person. Anzaldua is also very big on identity, which is why she tries to keep her native language. It makes her who she is and she believes that without her language she would loose her identity.
