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Anzaldúa Language Analysis

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Anzaldua introduces the central idea that language is tied to a person's identity. The beginning of the passage introduces an allegory where Anzaldúa is in a dentist office when the doctor states “We’re going to have to control your tongue the dentist said,” which implies that the “doctor”, white men, will have to suppress her “tongue”, language and culture (33). This allows Anzaldúa to give a representation that the audience can relate to to show how she feels and the oppression she faces everyday. This emphasises her disapproval of how she is constantly being scrutinized because of her minority status and how her dialect is considered wrong because of her cultural heritage. In response to the dentist wanting to suppress her language Anzaldúa
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