3 Quotes From "How to Tame a Wild Tongue"

Alexa Nagy
ENGW 1100
Professor Young
31 August 2015

Three quotes from "How to Tame a Wild Tongue"

1. "Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war?"-Ray Gwyn Smith.

This quote written by Ray Gwyn Smith sparked my interest because it connected so well to Anzaldua's theme of "How to Tame a Wild Tongue". It interested me because the writer is using war and robbing a language to connect how they are both equally violent. The writer may have used the war as an example to show people who did not have to give up their language how difficult it must be.

2. "And our tongues have become dry the wilderness has dried out our tongues and we have forgotten speech." -Irena Klepfisz

 This quote said by Irena Klepfisz, interested me in many ways. It is very upsetting to know that people have to leave behind their languages and what they were taught. In result of that, many languages have died out, because they were forced to conform to a different way of speaking.

3. "Stubborn, persevering, impenetrable as stone, yet possessing a malleability that renders us unbreakable, we the mestizas and mestizos will remain." -Gloria Anzaldua 

This quote shows to me how strong and proud Anzaldua and her people are to be who they are. She describes them as stubborn, persevering, and impenetrable as stone because it shows how passionate she is about who she is and will do anything to keep their culture from dying out. The mestizas and mestizos are truly inspiring.

                                     

Work Cited

Anzaldua, Gloria "How to Tame a Wild Tongue." Teaching Developmental Writing.Ed. Susan Naomi Bernstein. Fourth ed. New York : Bedworth/St. Martin's, 2013. 245-255. Print