1. The Silence Of A Lesson Learned
... with her "ol! d" culture, and become fully American. This involves her looking down upon her mother because she still carries a very heavy Chinese accent that is part of Tan's Chinese heritage. But by losing respect for her mother she ends up losing a big part of her as well. I, for a long time was ashamed of my grandfather's speaking, but not because he ... had broken English but because he is deaf. This results in many limitations of his speech. For the people that don't understand sign language he has to speak aloud to them in order to do simple things like ... respected for the tho...
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