How to Tame a Wild Tongue Quotes

"Muchachitas bien cridadas, well-bred girls don't talk back."


"And like the ocean, neither animals respect borders"


"I felt a sense of homecoming as well as alienation. People who were to amount to something didn't go to Mexican movies..."

How to Tame a Wild Tongue

1. The opening scene in the dentist chair connects to the overall message of the essay and its title because it's a metaphor to her life. The wild tongue is her culture and how strong it is to her personally through her views, teaching and lifestyle. 

2. Anzalduas use of Spanish throughout her writing was absolutely perfect in getting her message across. Speaking Spanish may not be fully in her lifestyle now, but now and then it comes out without hesitation because it is her culture and was raised speaking both languages. It gets a message across in the sense that she is speaking for others that go through the struggle of having to hide their language. 

3. Yes Academic English can be defined as standard Spanish and Chicano Spanish can be described as nonstandard because there are many variations of how people speak. There's standard and slang words people use but the slang is just the easier way of saying things in standard and still gets the message across. References can be made to one's identity on how one speaks or writes or interact with others because it can shows education level, where someone comes from and other identity factors. 

4. There is a necessity of speaking and/or writing in Academic English as an identity because people base intelligence on how you present yourself and speak and write. There's a "proper" way to speak when speaking to someone with higher authority when, let's say, on a job interview. In order to make good impressions people tend to show off using very proper English. 

5. The different types of English identities I know and use include being very proper when speaking to an adult, teacher or my employer while if I was speaking to my friends I would use the slang they would know and what they use while speaking to me. When I speak to my parents I use both depending on the topic and how much they understand. 

6. I do not necessarily use a different language, identity or communication with my friends except the normal and occasional slang that can usually be translated by many people besides them. 

7. When speaking to my friends I speak nonstandard English, meaning slang, because they understand it and when outside a classroom or any important situation like job interview we use it. When speaking to my mother I use both because we have the connection to use slang around each other but also in serious topics its standard English. And when speaking to my professor I use standard formal English. 

8. The statement "I am my language" connects to a person's identity because your language is your culture it is what someone was raised with. Your language speaks for you and your people. 

9. The introduction and conclusion connect because it starts off saying her tongue cannot be controlled and ends with "When other races have given up their tongue, we've kept ours." The connect at the fact that there was really no way to tame her tongue because her people are strong and stand and speak for what they believe. 

10. Yes the language you speak can be part of your identity because as said before your language is part of your culture and how you speak it in unique to your culture and you. 

11. Identity is extremely important to me because my identity is who I am and who I want to become. Everyone's identity is being judged with just one glance and it is important to have a strong understanding of yourself. Although Anzaldua is a bit hesitant about her language at some points in her life she understands that it is apart of her and that's her identity physically and mentally. 

About Me

Hi! I'm Maranda Brown and I'm from Cranford, New Jersey. To some I'm known as panda because if you could not tell I'm mixed and it's easier to just say panda for all my younger cousins. To others, that I have convinced, I'm Queen. I made the nickname for myself not because I am stuck up but because I love the idea of royalty lifestyle and also how is anyone going to treat you with respect if you do not value yourself and have higher expectations to accomplish things in life? I've also had many nicknames throughout my life when I played basketball from fifth to tenth grade and on my school track team where I was a discus thrower for three years. I plan to leave these nicknames behind and start fresh and see what people in my new surrounding really think of me.

I have yet to find my passion in life, but hopefully I will very and forever pursuit it. In my free time I spend a lot of time with my grandparents and friends. My grandparents are the reason I am the person I am today. I will also be honest I spend a lot of time on social media sites like Instagram, Twitter, tumblr, and snapchat. I find that I read a lot of interest things and helpful ideas on these sites about things going on in the world.

I am pretty mutual to all music. I like a little bit of everything ranging from Taylor Swift to Justin Bieber to Luke Bryant and many more. My favorite artists and groups include Beyonce, J Cole, Drake and the temptations. My two absolute favorite songs are 'You' by Cam Meekins and 'Steven' by Jake Miller because they talk about young adults that think suicide is the only way out of bad situations and they both really just speak to me.

I do not see myself as a great writer. Usually maybe a B student depending on how important of a topic it is to me. I love writing opinionated papers and to know that the reader is interested on how I truly feel about something. Sometimes I plan my essays out sometimes I don't because it really depends on what I feel needs to be said and how it needs go be formatted. In high school we used the five paragraph structure to get the introduction in, our three points and our closing. When writing papers I always had someone revise my essays and then I would too. I like others input on my papers because it helps me see how I can improve and others points of view.

This semester is very important for me because it will set the tone of how everything else will go for me in college. This is the time to take chances with people and in the classroom and with my writing and ideas. It is important for me to ask questions and ask for the help instead of stressing and then falling behind. I plan to keep my head on straight and good grades to make my family proud especially on my moms side since I am the first to go to college for them.