In the “mother tongue” excerpt, tan uses the word english more than 40 times. how does tan’s description of and relationship with the word english change over the course of the essay?

At first, Tan feels confined by what is "supposed to" be English. She is uncomfortable when she realizes that the English she uses for her literary endeavors are different from the English she speaks with her mother. By the end of the piece, Tan expresses that there are multiple Englishes, and that the type of English spoken between her mom and herself is not "broken" but instead full of imagery. Instead of feeling confined by English, she has discovered its flexibility and multiplicity.