I am responding to Lauren’s discussion post:

Similarities:

• Tan validated and relieved emotions of stress within individuals who had shared experiences
  • I mentioned this as a statement but Lauren was actually able to attest from personal experience that the author succeeded in relating to the audience
• I think we both saw her goal of the piece very clearly but how we interpreted it was slightly different in our explanations

Differences:

• Lauren focused more heavily about the subjectivity of the English language and I highlighted more after that fact about how our subjective viewpoints and experiences can aid us and allow us to seek out and support specific audiences

 

“Whereas long as people see the ‘deeper’ meaning behind my words regardless of other people’s opinions, that is what matters the most. ”

I really liked this quote from Lauren’s response, I think it summed up the authors message in Lauren’s own voice and it encompasses what I also obtained from reading “Mother Tongue.”