Summary Of How To Tame A Wild Tongue

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Gloria Anzaldua’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” demonstrates her struggles within her community and with the “anglos” or White Americans. It also explains how she resolves those struggles by accepting herself. But, in coincidence her essay connects with Amy Tan’s “ Mother Tongue”. Anzaldua uses her essay to show her life as an American though her eyes.

First and foremost, in “How to tame a wild tongue” Anzaldua insinuates her struggles with Anglos growing up. When she was younger she was “caught speaking spanish” at recess which led to her getting hit on her hands three times, as well as getting sent to the corner for “talking back” when she was just simply telling the teacher how to pronounce her name (Anzaldua 34). However, this wouldn’t
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