Blog Post #13 Heyoon and Mother Tongue

On Heyoon:

In a couple of sentences briefly describe Heyoon, in your own words. What is Alex's relationship to Heyoon? Briefly discuss the "sacredness" of Heyoon. 

The people who visit this place called Heyoon, it is more than a small town, it is a place where kids can be who they are and do as they please. Kids who visit Heyoon they break the rules, they drink and smoke and they are able to take a break from being anything other than who they want to be and what they want to do. But this place called Heyoon is really the private property of Rita and Peter Heyoon in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where these kids are not supposed to be. Since they aren’t supposed to be there, it makes the kids want to be there even more because they like the freedom of doing what they want and going against what they are supposed to be doing. Alex Goldman, a teen of Ann Arbor first went to Heyoon when he was fifteen. He would go to Heyoon to do what he wished and break the rules. Alex had many memories going to Heyoon, he met his first girlfriend there and he enjoyed going there so often. When Alex grew older, he moved away from Ann Arbor, but he continues to reflect on the memories he made there.

How and why are discussions of time and place important in this episode?

Place and time is important to this episode because the characters perspective changed overtime. He viewed Heyoon differently from when he was younger once he had grown up and had time to reflect on it.

This podcast episode is an example of a personal narrative. Compare and contrast what you know about personal narratives and research papers.

You could tell this was a personal narrative because it’s a one person talking about their personal experience regarding the time or place or both. Research papers stick to a focal topic and give details about it whereas in a personal narrative you discuss your personal experiences as an outcome of the time and/or place. In a personal narrative, you describe the setting but you elaborate more on experiences before and after you had felt what you felt in the setting of the time and/or place.

On Mother Tongue:

What "englishes" do you use in your writing?

The “englishes” I use are natural and how I would normally talk in conversation, especially with these blog posts. I think a reader would get a better understanding of my ideas and what I’m trying to say when you talk in a normal, not complex dialogue. Of course there are papers where I might need to approach it with a more formal tone, however the pieces I find most interesting are the ones you can easily understand and relate to.

What are the different "englishes" Amy tan describes? How do they impact different parts of her life?

Amy Tan uses different types of englishes. Amy Tan writes with different englishes depending on who or what she is talking about and to whom she is writing to. She describes it as the way she has done it throughout her life and is what works for her. Everyone has their own methods for writing and Amy Tan has her own preferred writing style. Each English style has a different impact on her life, and it all depends on what she has going on in her life at that time. I think many people can relate to this when they write.