Exploring Language: Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue"

In the paper "Mother Tongue", by Amy Tan; she shows her struggle with the identities, not because of race but also the languages her family's spoke.

She use her life to write of the different forms of English and shows the different ways from as a human being can express in English depending on the audience and the subject to treat

.Tan state:

Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all -- all the Englishes I grew up with.

She talks about how language influenced her life while growing up.