A Child Begin Anew

On the earth, people speak different languages, and the languages give people different identities and become a signal for their background. According to the language, people can clearly understand where are they come from, and you can also find the sense of belongings. The language can connect a lot of memories in the childhood about mother tongue and the environment of living. The complicated living environment always can bring diverse feelings and memories. In the same way, this environment can give them various opinions and help them toward the world and society. “Lost In Time And Word, A Child Begin Anew” is written by Oscar Hijuelos, and he describe his real experience in the childhood and adolescence. The author claims that his family

Similar to the Hijuelos, the author of “Mother Tongue” Amy Tan thinks that her mother’s English is limited and broken, but English is an only tool for them to communicate. A series of experiences and events about English. The memories in the childhood maybe are very unforgettable and beautiful. However, Hijuelos cannot obtain a good experience in his childhood. “To this day it is hard for me to speak about possessing any real sense of home, at least during my childhood and adolescence”.(page131) When he was young, he lived in a complicated environment to grow up. The surroundings in his life are very busy and boisterous, and always have a lot of strangers to live. Different person speaks different and un standard languages in the household. Hijuelos’ parents come from Cuba, but Hijuelos born in the America. It is very hard for them at the beginning, and they just live with others. Someone speak Spanish, and others can also speak English. This phenomenon affects Hijuelos can speak English and Spanish. After all, the Spanish is mother’s tongue, Hijuelos can hear that all day. Perhaps this affects Hijuelos life, and he decreases the times of speaking English and most of time he speaks Spanish.Because of this, Hijuelos could be feels lonely in his

“when I hear Spanish, I find my heart warming”(133page). It proves that no matter Hijuelos forgets something, finally you always can find the roots. Perhaps in the mind of Hijuelos, the Spanish and family are very important for him, and he just temporary lost them. To be honest, these things always be existed in his heart, and these are unforgettable. Perhaps these memories were very great for Hijuelos and the Hijuelos wanted to cherish this beautiful moments with family. Maybe this experience at the hospital is a longest time with him parents. He mentioned these things that he wants to show his relation with mother and mother tongue is important for him to speak Spanish. Hijuelos recalled the connection between language and home, and he understands all of them are very inevitable in his life. Similar to the Hijuelos, Tan says that “I think my mother’s English almost had an effect on limiting my possibilities in life as well” this shows that Tan’s mother can bring some matters, Such as Tan’s mother with stockbroker and the event in the hospital. However, Tan just find other cases familiar to her mother, and through a series of contrast, such as math and English, and the words analogies. Then Hijuelos gets the conclusions and understands the right direction of language. Besides that, she is a writer, and the sentences in her fictional stories do not use complex words or phrases to describe, and