Mother Tongue

The story “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan was a good story which i believe is about how she always will write for her mother. The purpose for this is because she had two ways of speaking, broken English and proper English. When she would be speaking to a group she would use proper English and when speaking to her mother and husband it would be broken English. She figured that this made her broken speech the intimate speech. I also believe that she wrote for other immigrants who have broken speech. Letting them know that they should never be ashamed of how the talk. It is a way of defining yourself and who you are.