Anzaldua writes about language and its influence on our identity in a non-traditional, academic format. In terms of structure, what is different about how Anzaldua writes? What makes it an academic text (consider your notes on academic writing). What makes it "anti-academic?" In other words, how is it different from a traditional essay? Why do you think Anzaldua writes her essay in this way? What is she trying to accomplish? Select ONE quote from the text that you think expresses her PURPOSE or reasons for writing the essay in this non-traditional way.
In reading Anzaluda's story, she is mostly speaking out to the latino culture, but i understood what she was trying to convey to her audiance. Basically how different latino languages (dialects), conflict with eachouther. But how it also gets took back to the spanish language, no matter what kind of latino you are ("majority rules"). In her arical, she also talks about how the spanish language has evolved through time, also how the mexico-spanish, and american-spanish, are different. Latinos in Mexico who come to america sound too mexican, and latinos from america who go to mexico sound too american.
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