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LITERATURE READINGS
An Interpretation of Literature Readings
TIANCHENG CHU
Eng 106b
In the past, instructors in any institution, whether public or
private, engaged the learners in a diversified learning procedure
that saw to it that even the learners were in a position to
contribute to whatever course that was being discussed. In the
modern world, students can hardly communicate in good
English despite being subjected to the subject on a daily basis.
In reality, the best method of teaching students is making
learning a dynamic process rather than a unilateral route where
the teacher talks all through the course duration as the learners
take notes without any questions. In this essay, a review on two
readings derived from different sources of literature will be
discussed ideally. The opinions of the respective authors who
are responsible for the readings will be revealed and aligned
with the current opinion in the real world regarding the same
topic. What is more important, this study aims to enlighten the
reader regarding the most fundamental principles of ideal
communication especially in the English language. Simply put,
this essay will bring to light both sides of the argument in
matters concerning the articulation of concrete art and literature
skills.
In relation to the article from Fish, the question it poses to
the reader is whether higher learning institutions should teach
English or let the whole world swim in a society whose
language has been compromised by the personal agendas of
instructors. At the beginning of his reading, he gives an
example of how he was going through the written records of his
student when it suddenly dawned to him that most of them,
almost all of them had poor sentence structures long before the
first paragraph came to an end (Fish, 2009). This raised his
concerns to an extent of perusing through the rest of the
documents only to confirm his worst fears. These articles were
from some of the most academically endowed students creating
the impression that whoever that there is in their company,
probably speaks or writes the worst English ever. This saddened
him to an extent of making the matter known to not only the
English Department but the entire institution as well. The
reception that greeted him once he made his discovery public
was far worse than he could have ever imagined. Instead of
being appreciated for desiring to bring out the best in people by
brushing their communication skills, he was shunned away and
given lots of undesirable names.
In the reading of Anzaldua, for far too long now, the culture of
putting an individual in a situation where her voice cannot be
heard has been one of the most adamant mentalities that have
been prevailing in society. She claims that the history of this
culture is traced back to the 15th century. This was a time when
women were the leaders of diverse ethnic groups across the
whole world. History has it those women were some of the most
dictatorial rulers that time has ever witnessed. The tyranny of
the European Barbarians is nothing compared to the level of
threat that women had to the whole world at that particular
moment. The purpose of this part of the essay is to give a
review of yet another art and literature reading revolving around
Anzaldua. Coexistence in society is achieved by setting an
equitable ecosystem where even the group with the minor
population has a say in the general contribution in matter
pertaining the growth and development of society.
In a whole new perspective, it is without doubt that in the
world of Business unlike in Literature, the opinion of every
stakeholder counts no matter how minor it may seem. In
politics, even the leaders of minority parties are usually given
an opportunity to address the house and bring to light the plight
they are going through on a daily basis. That being mentioned,
it can now be drawn that attempting to block the voice of a
literature personality is more or less denying paralegals the
chance to be represented by a state lawyer in case they find
themselves on the wrong side of the law. In this reading, she
gives the case of an individual walking in on his friends deeply
engrossed in a heated argument about a topic that had already
been under discussion prior to their arrival in the restaurant.
She states that her friends were too embedded in the
conversation to an extent of not noticing her arrival leave alone
her presence (Anzaldua, 1987). In her own words, she thinks
that there was no way of being part of the discussion owing to a
couple of reasons. First, she was not present during the early
stages of the argument creating the impression that she might be
unfamiliar with the cause of that particular argument. Secondly,
she might follow up the conversations closely but when his time
to give an opinion comes, she is afraid she would preempt what
her friends had already discussed. She compares the same
scenario to the current set of standards where no one is allowed
to question the mentality of society. Instead, she advises that it
would be less effortless just going with it even if one has a
contrary opinion.
References
Anzaldua, Gloria. Borderlands La Frontera. 3rd ed. San
Francisco. Aunt Lute Books, 1987. Print. 2 Mar. 2017.
Fish, Stanley. "What Should Colleges Teach?" The New York
Times. The New York Times, 24 Aug. 2009. Web. 03 Mar.
2017.

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