Blog #4 - In life you have to always Inovate and advance but never forget where you came form.

Language is nothing but a general and louse framework, no fixed set of words not a fixed set of rules. Although a lot of linguists, scholars, and people think they can decide what language is. Between Alvarez’s and Espaillat’s poems they share a common opinion on how ‘code-switching’ is a positive thing for bilingual individuals. They argue that if the other person understands what they are saying, it doesn’t matter how we say it, rather it is the content of the speech.

Espaillat’s text says “My father liked them separate, one there (allá y aquí), as if aware that words might cut into his daughter's heart” for him this means this we know that Espaillat's father like to see his speed in separate languages. One at a time. To be quite frank it should be intended to his benefit. So that he doesn’t lose his mother tongue, for his benefit he will learn English naturally, but his Spanish cannot be forgotten. This keeps the language and its culture alive.

Julia Alverez’s example is just the situation explained in the previous paragraph, how over time we will naturally learn English from society but then louse connection with our mother tongues and cultures. The text says: “since childhood, where Palabras left behind for English
stand dusty and awkward in neglected Spanish.” This butte describes the emotion in Espiliats Text. In this situation Alverez very quickly when still a child in school, drifted towards English as a primary and standard language. Subconsciously Alzeraz had drifted away from Spanish to a point where it is just left in the dust as an awkward neglected Spanish.

Both texts came from ideas and point of experience of the authors themselves. They speak with emotion and empathy towards the reader, they are really reminders to be proactive.  The main idea is that in life we have to keep out heads up pout heads back and advance but never forgetting where you came from. Because that is you. That is your identity.