1. At the hospital the doctors lost the mothers CAT scan that, revealed that she had a brain tumor. Even though the mother spoke to them in her “best English” the hospital did not apologize for having lost it. Even after she had told them that her husband and son died of a brain tumor they did not seem sympathetic and instead they refused to give her more information and said that she would have to take another appointment. At this point, Tan is trying to show that the hospital might have not given her mother the same treatment because of her imperfect English accent.
2. At first, the stockbroker was not cooperating with the mother. However, after Tan spoke to him in a perfect English accent and pretended to be an older woman he responded to their requests. Yet, after he met with Tan and her mother he was astonished to see that she was not the same woman on the phone. Perhaps, he might not have been as helpful if he was aware of her accent or nationality.
3. In our opinion a family exerts more influence on a person. Firstly, this is because it’s the family that teaches the child his first words and it is that certain language or accent that they will continue to use. Even though, peers have a major impact on the way we talk and express ourselves, our accent remains affected by our families. Also, when we communicate in the language we originally learned.
4. Tan discusses the SATs and her performance to show how her mother’s broken English had a negative impact on the results that she obtained.
5. When writing her stories, she envisions her mother as the reader because these were stories about mothers. So, she wanted to make it suitable and easy for her to read. Also, there is no point about writing something about someone if they will not understand it or approve of it.
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