Cover Letter

Again my topic tells the reader the whole story, I used Amy Tan’s Essay as a example, and to set the whole scenario with her experience.

Rhetorical Analysis

In the essay “ Mother’s Tongue” by Amy Tan, the merits and demerits arising due to the lack of the author’s mother’s language were described thoroughly, and how her mother finds it hard to speak standard English. Since she is from China, and her Mother language is Chinese/Mandarin, it’s hard to deal with a second language or to an extent learn a second language at that age.

The author’s use of pathos to convey the audience with emotion was vividly put out. Along with pathos other rhetorical devices such as anecdotes, and oxymoron was also shown, for example when her mother was having issues to explain the stockbroker on how she thinks she was getting scammed with the money, and yelled at the stockbroker with ‘Broken English’ Tan felt guilty. Later she acted to be her mother and called that stockbroker to get the perfect help her mother wants, which shows anecdotes in those examples for the audience.

Moreover with oxymoron, anecdotes, and pathos other literary devices used were logos, and ethos, to completely tell the reader that limitations in speaking a language doesn’t mean that the same person will face other limitations in life in general.

Furthermore, the take away from Tan’s essay for the audience is that someone who can’t speak proper English doesn’t mean they are less intelligent than someone who is born in a country whose first language is English. Tan’s mother was judged and disrespected only because of the way she speaks English.