Tan's essay

Amy Tan is a Chinese American who succeeded in writing. Like she said, most Asian students are steered away from writing and towards math and science, but she took initiative and challenged herself by taking on a major in English, which has taken her so far in life to where now she is a successful author of several novels. Although she thinks of her mother and is writing to her mother in this essay, I think it also applies to all her readers because her purpose is she is trying to make a point about language. Not everyone speaks good English, as she uses the example that her mother's English is described as broken. She lets us see things through her eyes by letting people know about her experiences. I also think this essay lets the reader be more open minded about other cultures and their comfort languages.