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Public And Private Language By David Sedaris And Richard Rodriguez

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Language Barriers In "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and “Public and Private Language," David Sedaris and Richard Rodriguez show the reader that staying optimistic and never giving up can lead to great success. Both of these authors show how language barriers play a huge role in their lives, prior to and after learning them. These stories achieve different tones, because Sedaris’ story is ultimately humorous while Rodriguez’ story is much more earnest and gives off a sense of distaste. Even though they both have feelings of intimidation and confusion at times, Sedaris and Rodríguez ultimately become successful bilingual speakers. While, Sedaris moves to Paris intentionally to learn French and absorb the language through experiencing the culture. It
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