He was, i think, very handsome. i gather this from photographs and from my own memories of him, dressed in his sunday best and on his way to preach a sermon somewhere, when i was little. handsome, proud, and ingrown, "like a toenail," somebody said.

In a five-paragraph literary analysis essay, explain how each author develops the common theme. compare and contrast how the authors develop this theme by referencing specific literary devices and techniques in your response.

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”

It is clearly expressed. what does that mean?