Reflection on Weekend Reading of "Anzaldua, Rodriguez and Tan" Articles

We did three readings over the weekend 1)  How to tame a Wild Tongue  2) Hunger of Memory 3) Mother tongue.  I found these reading really insightful and I loved reading them because I got to hear the struggles of different people educational experience and there struggles with english.  All three of these people had different experiences that people could relate to all over the states.

In Anzaldua article "How to tame a Wild tongue" she covers and speaks about all sorts of controversial topics of literacy and the effects it has on certain groups or individuals.  She speaks about her struggles growing up being bilingual, the how Chicanos  language has mostly a male discourse.  She speaks about the different struggles of growing up and literacy and language.  In Richard Rodriguez article "Hunger of Memory" he speaks about his educational passion growing up in his family and how his family members did not support it passion for education but instead ridiculed him because he read to much.  And how when he got into Stanford they were against him leaving so far and brought up the money situation instead of being happy for him.  Amy Tan essay "Mother Tongue" talked about her passion for language and the influence her mother had on her.  

These articles gave a deep insight on the struggles that come with language and different persecutive of different people.  I enjoyed the Rodriguez essay the most out of all of them because it really showed the growth of Richard Rodiguez despite the support of his family on his education but it was his strong will that influenced him.  I know a lot of people whos family dont support them with there education and it was there will that got them to where they needed to get.  and that it is why i feel the power of this this article.