The age-old question we seem to ask ourselves at least once in our lives. "The Fourth of July" by Gloria Anzaldua and "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" by Audre Lorde, are both autobiographical essays written by immigrant women living in America who try to grapple with the challenge of identity. ... Anzaldua's "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" discusses the cultural and social difficulties an immigrant faces when living in America. ... She is alienated by other Latinas and Latinos when speaking in Chicano Spanish and is called a "cultural traitor" because Chica...

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I was about half way done with my packing trip and found myself in a small village called Los Accros somewhere in the countryside of Spain after a long days trek of 30km. ... I've grown up in a small town Boulder CO, hard to explore the world when you live in such an amazing place, full of lush colorful mountains and amazing wild life. ... "Everyone has questions they need answers to Alex, maybe they don't all need to be answered right now, they'll come kid. ...

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The first can be found in Line 1, when he asks a rhetorical question to the, "unheeding sons". ... In fact, the first metaphor Kochowski presents us with is, "You bite your own Mother with a wild fang?... In the last stanza, the poem calls for all Poles to treat freedom, "Not as a poison but an adornment," (Line 43). ...

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