1. The expression that Tan used in the essay “Mother Tongue,” means that this was the language that her mother used. This was a special language that Tan and her mother used to talk to each other. No one could really understand her mother, because they did not grow up with hearing her talk and have a conversation with her like her daughter did.
2. I think Tan uses dialogue in the essay to make the reader get the sense of realness and fully understand what she was writing about. When Tan said that he mother spoke in a broken language, I wasn’t use what she meant by that until she quoted exactly what her mother said when she told the story about gangster in Shanghai. I also thought when Tan would use dialogue to explain when she would have to talk for her mother was very effective. It again gave it a sense of realness and the emotions of her mother came out when she would talk in the background. I felt like I was there when Tan would describe this situation and use dialogue.
3. Outsiders made judgments of Tan’s mother because of her language. They thought that her mother was not well educated and they did not take her seriously. Because she had a “broken” language she would receive poor service and would ignore her. I think the judgments were deliberate on their part, because they didn’t take the time nor did they want to take the time to understand her.
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