Reading 04 - Amy Tan and Patton Oswalt Narratives
Notes
- Ending off with a list of conclusion can be powerful
From "Mother Tongue" - Amy Tan
- I fucking hate this.
- There's lowkey a lot to unpack though.
- For one, it's all about the language barrier and staying true to yourself, realizing that everyone has a voice and not only that but also everyone's voice is unique. Sometimes it's because 2 people don't speak the same language.
- "and what I imagined to be her translation of her Chinese if she could speak in perfect English, her internal language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence"
Patton Oswalt
- This person is an actor and comedian
- Voice of Remy, lead of Ratatouille movie
- "A friend of mine from high school - more of a passing acquaintance, now that I think of it - was a hard-core zombie before he even knew it. He had an unshakable love for the awkward and outcast and a quiet, final disgust with the slick and false."
- she lost me, i don't really understand what she's saying or relate