Champion of the World

The article "Champion of the World" brings you back in time. I think the purpose of this article was to both entertain and to inform. It brings you back to a time when African Americans weren't "free" as they are today. I feel strongly about this essay because I strongly believe in equal rights. I think that the tone the author set was at first a very nerve wrecking one. The whole time you are kind of thinking "oh no, what if he doesn't win?" and then BAM he wins and is "Champion and the World." After reading this article several times I think the message that they are trying to convey is that blacks really were fighting for their rights and freedom. They made up a story to resemble blacks and whites actually fighting. I really enjoyed this article. I think the author uses good detail and wrote the story in a way to keep you on your toes and I like that.

While reading the article "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan I noticed I was able to relate so well to it. Amy's mother spoke broken english since her first language was Chinese. My mother speaks broken English since Swedish is her first language. I understand everything that Amy said she goes through because I go through the same thing as well. The purpose for Amy writing this article was to prove a point. She didn't fall into her stereotype that since she is Asian she will become a pre-med student or study math. Instead, she did what she wanted and began to write books. She even wrote to her mothers needs so that she could understand. I enjoyed reading this article because Amy sets the tone for this writing as somewhat negative in the beginning by complaining about how she had to always speak for her mother because of her broken english. Towards the end of her writing the tone changes to a more positive one when she writes her fiction in the broken English that her mother speaks regardless of what the critics are going to say.