The essay of "Hunger of Memory" discuss about a family who live in America and whose native language is not English. This family always speaks Spanish as the primary language at their home. Then, as they found one of the family members, Richard, could not perform communication well in his school, all family members in this family switch their primary language to English. This method does help to develop the courage within Richard to speak English. However, There is a consequence that this family has to bare. The consequence is to lose the harmony in the family relationship. Similar with "hunger of memory", the essay "Mother Tongue" also discusses bilingual problem that faced by American Chinese family. Born in America, Amy autom

atically able to speak English. She has no problem at all with the language because she grew up in the family whose the primary language is English. As an Asian American, however, her problem is not with her ability to speak English, but with her family member, her mother, who still embrace the culture from which she came.

From this two story, we can learn a lot of think. First lesson is we shouldn't underestimate people simply because he doesn't communicate well because the language he speaks isn't his first language. You might not know, if the person who you speak with is a professor or someone who smarter then you. Moreover, we also can learn attitude of learning from Amy's mother. If we want to success in learning, I think we can apply this method that we should have thick skin meaning that we should dare to try. Finally, we also can learn from Amy's conduct that we should stay calm regardless what the circumstances is.

First of all, the reason why I admire the essay the "Mother Tongue" is because this essay gives a reader a new insight on how we should respect people. In this essay, I learn that the knowledge within a person can't be justified on how well he can communicate. A person doesn't mean that he doesn't understand anything, if he unable to express his thought simply because

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