Heyoon and Mother's Tongue Response

Heyoon is a pavilion filled with “No Trespassing Signs”. It is located in a small town of Ann Harbor in Michigan. It was in a middle of nowhere, you actually have to have someone take you there. You have to cross a fence and pass a farmhouse. Heyoon sat right in the middle of a plain green field. It was made from wood, nylon, and a metal frame. It was a two-story building with stairs that were 10 feet of the found. Alex relationship with Heyoon was a described as a secret place to Alex. Somewhere he can escape reality from and just drink and smoke. It was his little own space where he could just be himself. Heyoon was described as “sacredness” because it was a lot of signs that said “Do Not Enter” or “Go Back in Peace”, it was made out to be seen as a dangerous place and was advised not to go in. Also, Heyoon was a place people would go to at night, so that made it even more scarier. They heard stores that a farmer skinned a kid for trespassing or that he owned a lot of attack dogs. The place and time is important in this episode because it was about Alex’s favorite place. This podcast relied on describing a place Alex went to in his childhood life. A personal narrative is about talking about yourself and what is important to you. This podcast defiantly explains this. Alex explains to his audience about the background of himself, stating that he felt he didn’t belong here or he didn’t fit in. Then goes on to tell his audience his secret place, something meaning to him.

The Englishes I use in my writing, is the English I use to talk to my mother, which is known to be “simple”. My mother’s first language was not English, and it was creole. However, when she arrived in the United States, she learned how to speak it. I know not to use “big” words around her that I knew she wouldn’t understand. For example, procrastination, or determination. Instead, I would say I waited to late or I have hopes for, and that’s what I use in my writing. I don’t use big words in my writing because it’s either I don’t know any or because I don’t want the reader to not understand. The different englishes Amy used was the English she spoke to her mother, the English her mother spoke to her, her translation of her mothers Chinese, and her imagination if her mother spoke perfect English. The engilshes affected her childhood life in school. Because of her mother’s “broken” English, she felt like it was passed down to her and she always didn’t excel as she wanted to on English tests. However, she took her weaknesses and made them strengths. She now an author and write books in her mom’s “broken English”.