RRR"Talking in Color"

In Tiffany Henderson's personal experience essay "Talking in Color" (2013) she explores her balance of diversity that she has through her voice. Tiffany's develops her unique voice from being around African American , she also had a deaf mother and a father that read on a 6th grade level. Tiffany's purpose is to inform the readers about code switching in order to become a better diverse reader and writer. Based on this essay audience is anyone who grew up in a Caucasian home , and speaks more diverse or grew up around a different race.

Growing up in a diverse culture and mix neighborhood, with a different accent, I am completely agree with Tiffany Henderson, when she said, "a voice is much more powerful". In fact being a white Caucasian girl, went to a black high school also sound black, she realizes that her voice does not reveal her culture and socioeconomic class. Living with a deaf mother and with a father with fourth grade reading level and a black African neighborhood , she realized that some people being judged by their accent.

Many people classify certain actions with certain races, but fail to realize that people gain their characteristics with their surroundings, and only acting as themselves. The world is has classified the characteristics of race, gender, ethnic groups that people are unable to be themselves. Hendrickson was a female who was raised around black characteristics, but since she was white she was looked at as if she was weird. She stated “as I speak, I stand there watching students shoot judgmental stares my way” (par 2). Certain actions are so classified that certain people of certain color have to act a certain way, instead of what they are comfortable with. “I always felt the isolation from the unknown white world when I was in other neighborhoods that seemed superior” (par 4). White people who actions classify them as black, are always isolated from both race because they aren’t acting like their original race, but want to be another which the black race does not accept. But all the person is doing is acting like themselves, but we are so subject to act a certain way that people cant be accepted for who they are. 

RRR "Watch your language"

In Mark Larson's personal experience essay "Watch your Language" (1996) express to readers about how he took a remedial class for English that helped him become an English teacher. Marks explains how his Hurdles class help him develop better English . Mark informs the reader in order to explain that it is okay to struggle but you have to overcome obstacles. Based on this reading the audience is anyone who has a difficult time with reading and writing.

The point of view of Mark Larson, makes me agree in fact that, when you learned something In the past it will always help you in the future, because of his lack of English, he was assigned to a hurdles class, so that it can improve his writing and reading, I found that experience is very helpful for our new generation, by learning the basic English will always help. By learning the rules of the grammar, he taught that his teachers were making up all this nonsense until he discovered that those rules were the most important things to learn. By became a teacher now he used the same skills he has been used since he was a student. He Also explains how this class was so wonderful, it taught you how to start and end a sentence How and where to use the proposition, what wrong with a contraction and what is a conjunction.

Mainly in this generation, people take their flaws and let them eat away who they truly are, but in this reading, they teach you how to make it a pro in your life. Some people would realize their flaws and try to avoid them. This passage shows that you can actually turn your flaw into something that can help you and also help others. You might feel like an outsider with your flaw like the author did when they went to the luncheon as stated: “I knew I was taking my risk at saying an ignorant bunder”(Par 4).Which means that they were afraid that their grammar would seem low class or stupid. But it shouldn’t matter what people think and that is why this generation needs to learn that a flaw is just something that you can improve. Although language is the type of speech, but how you pronounce each word is another way of coming about the language. That’s why the author states “they are all experts in their own language that might not sound right to others”(Par 9). This passage teaches you that your flaws in life have the ability to be accepted and switched into something that is able to help them and others

RRR"We Dont Know"

In Mary Agrusa’s personal experience “We didn’t know” (2016) She talks about how she and her family members are unknowledgeable about the wartime her father is spending. Agrusa explains the lifestyle it is to live in a place that most kids who parents are in war live on and the conditions that they have to go through. She uses personal experiences and events to describe the living conditions and events that they experience on a daily basis. She mostly made this for anybody who parent are going out for war or at least training so that they know what to experience when the time comes.

In this story I perceive that Agrusa wrote this for the memories of her father. She explains how her father went of to war and struggled. She also describes how her family struggled after her father left.I found it very interesting because it gave me an insight on what kids who parents are off to war go through. Many people fail to realize all the emotional and mental states that the children go through when it comes to having to find out what happened while at war and also figuring out if their family members are safe.

 This passage shows that some things are better left unsaid. Some people fail to realize that when a male or female are in war, that it can affect the lives of their family members. But some others like to keep the experience from them. Her father went to war but kept all information away from them, although they did know he went to war. She had to go through her father’s things on accident as stated, “We discovered my father’s involvement with D-day by accident”(par 5). Her father kept most of his experience to himself because it was for the good of the family. But some people tend to wait for the right time to tell people. When they were all sitting down and her father finally said, “It was the worst experience of my life, I wouldn't wish it on anyone”(par 12). Some people keep negative experiences to themselves, so that either other people can learn from them or that people won't feel bad for them. Although holding things in may make it work, some people might only wait for the right time to tell people. 

RRR"The Percerption of Africa"

In Chinyere Ohuoba’s personal experience “The Perception of Africa” (2016) she asserts that the media uses mass communication to convey a negative look on Africa. Ohuoba explains that Africa is more developed then the media shows. Ohuoba uses facts in order to inform readers that media control the way we look at Africa and other places. Based on this personal experience the audience is anyone who is from Africa that shares her experience or is influenced by the media.

This passage gives so much information on how negative images and especially stereotypes are built into people minds, to depict how they think of certain things. I enjoyed this passage because it shows me that stereotypes shouldn’t be real because it shows nothing positive or true about the object. Myself experience a lot of stereotypes that are not true about my skin color. Most people say that black people are ignorant, ghetto, and loud. When in reality I am the complete opposite, which opened my eyes to show that there is a bright side of everything and everybody.

     Most people tend to pay more attention to the stereotypes of many cultures that the real unique values they bring to this world and depict their thoughts on what the media allow them to see instead of seeing for themselves. As stated, “Many Americans use stereotypes to classify a place in a general aspect, but not every assumption rings true for each country within Africa” (Paragraph 3). This passage mostly shines a light on the negative views of Africa. Africa was a continent where slaves came from, and some places are empty and dry. People only focus on the bad of Africa but nobody knows the positive views of Africa and how much of a good impact on this world. Stereotypes come from what people are shown like “images of Dirt Roads, collapsing buildings, and starving children” (Paragraph 3), those images are what people see and that’s what the media allow them to see, but otherwise if you actually see what the place has to offer in person, all stereotypes will go away. “We traveled to Nigeria and stayed for two months. The length of time that we visited helped me truly experience what my country had to offer” (Paragraph 4). Getting information from the media is a whole different story than getting the information hands on.

RRR"Context"

In Dorothy Allison’s personal experience “Context” (1994) she expresses her distress of her lover might think of her relatives and where she grew up, that might look at her differently. Allison dialect describes her struggle of being raised differently from her lover. Allison uses comparisons in order to inform readers that context is essential conved the message. Based on the essay the audience is anyone who shares her personal experience.

This novel is amusing because I am also approaching the milestone of my spouse meeting my parents. this passage taught me that your bond gets stronger with your spouse when they meet your family. Reading this passage, influenced me to be able for my spouse to meet my parents. I am very happy I came across this passage due to the fact that me and my spouse are getting even stronger.

Individuals from different types of environments have a difficult time understanding how other people live. This reading by Allison supports this statement. The author states: " My mom cooked on a two-burner stove to save us the cost if eating out, our greatest treat was take-out food"(116). This flashback shows how Allison struggled growing up. She remembers how they had to save money and make ends meet. Unlike her lover who was accustom to going out to eat. The author also gives an example, stating: My lover was a Yankee from a good family, who had spent the summers of her childhood on the jersey shore"(117). In this statement, it shows how her lover was raised different from her and how she could not relate to the things she did growing up. This made her fear what her lover would see on her face once she spent time with her relatives. In conclusion, the focus of Allusion's paragraph is to show how difficult it is to introduce your lover to your family

RRR"Mother Tongue"

 In Amy Tan's narrative "Mother Tongue" (1990) she observes experiences that made her realize the types of English she uses. Tan's mother's dialect experiences explain the struggle of Chinese-American mothers and teenagers in America. Tan's purpose is to inform the readers about the interpretation of differentiating standard and broken English and the outcomes of the usage of certain English. Based on the essay the audience is anyone who struggles with English, grew up in a non-fluent English-speaking home or any Chinese-American community.

This passage is very relatable to some people. People like me, who somewhat speak in broken English just like her mother. Sometimes when I am out and I try to communicate with other people I tend to realize that when I’m talking all they do is nod their head and smile and give me a simple response that can be a response to anything. It is very amusing that I am not the only one who experiences these things.

 Normally in this country, the people who have either better speech or better tone are the ones who end up with great outcomes, this passage by Tan supports that statement. Tan is a female who has a very creative and intellectual vocabulary, unlike her mother whose English is very broken. She stated “My mother has long realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call on the phone to pretend I was she,” (119) This action was used to benefit and gain an advantage for her mother so that she would get the things she asked for. She also gave an example stating that “People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her”. Both statements show the outcomes of when people with good grammar ask for something versus when people with broken English ask for something. Mainly in Tan’s passage, she is supporting that people with better grammar often have the better advantage than people with broken language.