Anzaldua Blog Response #2

Anzaldua's article is very different from any other essay I've read because She makes one point but pretty much goes off into other points and examples as if she was in a conversation. She makes one point that leads to another and another and then some more; that's why it doesn't make the essay seem traditional or formal. This essay is academic because she she states what she is saying very clearly and she uses really good examples of her personal life and how she grew up. On the other hand it seems anti academic because she wrote her essay very differently. Its very "flowy" rather than "standard this and this" her examples are a little over everywhere so it makes the essay seem messy. I think Anzaldua writes this way because just like most Latinas we like to make everything interesting and add flavor to whatever were doing. She could of wrote it the persuasive way just like any other essay but that's not how she grew up. I think she wanted to evoke her roots and language and style to this essay and make it hers not correct English. I also think that shes trying to accomplish letting the reader see who she is and where she comes from, and if the reader is Latino then he/she can clearly relate to what shes talking about. "So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language" throughout her text she speaks about language and how much it means to her, so what i think her essay really comes down to is that nothing will hurt her more than some one talking about her language. Language is who she is.