Read the excerpt from Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue.” I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. What is the purpose of this text? to inform readers based on Tan’s childhood experience to persuade readers to speak a different way to inform readers of Tan’s mother’s feelings to persuade readers that Tan’s mother is intelligen

Amy tan is a Chinese-American writer, she is the daughter of Chinese immigrants and her books reflect a lot on what she has experienced witnessing the culture clash between Chinese and North American cultures. Tan's books are based on Chinese Chinese citizens and their difficulties in coping in a multicultural world. When Tan talks about how she felt and what she thought when her mother spoke using very incorrect and hard to understand English, she wants the reader to be informed about her childhood experiences and thus know where her stories are. are inspired.