Amy Tan is an Asian-American essayist whose works center a ton around connections among moms and daughters. This is because she experienced childhood in a home with her Chinese mother who communicated in English that was, best case scenario, hard for some individuals to comprehend. Tan came to understand this since when Tan was with her mom, she unexpectedly communicated in English, more essentially, similar to her mom. 

In this perusing, the writer herself passes on a solid message to the perusers through explicit expository offers. Her message to her perusers is to advise them that individuals shouldn’t be abused because they can’t talk “great” English. Even though the English language isn’t for everybody, how an individual communicates in English has esteem. Moreover, Amy Tan has also used rhetorical instruments such as ethos, pathos, and logos in the analysis. The primary aim of using such rhetorical techniques in her writing is to show the reader that speaking language does not necessarily imply that the person will also face limitations in other disciplines of life. That is why, in traditional word order, she changed the circumstances. Throughout her essay “Mother Tongue” Amy Tan uses pathos when she gives examples all through the paper of the unjustifiable treatment that her mom normally gets as a result of her “broken English.” She recounts her mom’s stockbroker losing her checks and not sending them on schedule and his supervisor not paying attention to her when she whined. In the text it says, “My mother had gone to the hospital for an appointment, to find out about a benign brain tumor a CAT scan had revealed a month ago. She said she had spoken very good English, her best English, no mistakes. Still, she said, the hospital did not apologize when they said they had lost the CAT scan and she had come for nothing. She said they did not seem to have any sympathy when she told them she was anxious to know the exact diagnosis since her husband and son had both died of brain tumors. She said they would not give her any more information until the next time and she would have to make- another appointment for that. So she said she would not leave until the doctor called her daughter. She wouldn’t budge. And when the doctor finally called her daughter, me, who spoke in perfect English-lo and behold-we had assurances the CAT scan would be found, promises that a conference call on Monday would be held, and apologies for any suffering my mother had gone through for almost regrettable mistake.” The author uses the role of emotion here to intrigue the reader by describing a very harmful and disturbing instance in which her mother’s lack of proper English speech jeopardized her well-being. If the mother had no one to call and speak English correctly for her, her condition would probably progress, and because of the neglect and little treatment the hospital had for her, no one would know about it 

Furthermore, Amy Tan also uses ethos She composes that she has seen in late overviews how most Asian American understudies improve in Math and science than in perusing English. She had similar issues when in school and says that possibly since her home life was encircled by this “broken” or “restricted” English that is the reason she experienced more difficulty. This is likely the situation for the other Asian American understudies. Tan composes that the educators that see these things will in general direct the understudies toward math and science degrees and away from reading and writing, regardless of whether that is the thing that they appreciate more. Tan manages to express her core concept through several tones along with the pathos and logos appeals, which ultimately leads the reader in the argument and keeps the reader engaged. If Tan had kept a nonchalant or humorous tone vs. a sympathetic and protective tone, the audience would not be as optimistic and would not assume that she was serious about the subject and problem of assimilating with language deficiency in the U.S. community. Tan frequently uses these tones to set the meaning of the topic at hand if the listener has not yet grasped its caliber. Allowing the reader to follow the logic and invoke their sympathies to strengthen the viewpoint of these people even more broadly and simply. The primary aim of using such rhetorical techniques in her writing is to show the reader that speaking language does not necessarily imply that the person will also face limitations in other disciplines of life. This is another brilliant piece of work from Amy Tan. She has made her writing stylish, insightful, and fascinating to read by using rhetorical techniques.

Amy Tan wrote Mother Tongue to present and persuade readers, no matter how “perfect” their English is, of the importance of a person’s ideas. While she does not mention it directly, Tan is also trying to express the value of being true to yourself and going back to your roots, even though things are not seen or even looked down on by the world in the same way. Tan concludes that it is fitting to convey the ideas of her mother in the way she speaks English because it is more genuine, raw, and true to her and has so much more important than if she were to speak “perfect” English.