Three Quotes from "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" that Stood Out

Moises Rodriguez

Professor Young

ENGL 1100_34

August 30, 2015

Three of the Most Important Quotes

1. “Deep in our hearts we believe that being Mexican has nothing to do with which country one lives in. Being Mexican is a state of soul – not one of mind, not one of citizenship.”
2. “Because we speak with tongues of fire we are culturally crucified.”
3. “I will have my serpent’s tongue – my woman’s voice, my sexual voice, my poet’s voice. I will overcome the tradition of silence.”

Works Cited

Anzaldua, Gloria. "How to Tame a Wild Tongue." Teaching Developmental Writing. Ed. Susan

          Naomi Bernstein. Fourth Ed. New York: Bedford/ St. Martin's, 2013. 245-255. Print.