“Learn! Learn!”Language, whether oral or written, is the main type of interaction we have. In “Learn! Learn!" by Hugo Martinez-Serros, the author highlights the importance of language and education in society rather than one's social class. He shows us the importance of language to us by outlining the daily life of a hard-working Mexican , who dwells in the development of his authorship and really loves to criticize the writing of the upper class enlightened priest. He lives on the south side of Chicago and in his free time loves to study and criticize the writings of others to improve them and human communication, and this is where the topic of education also comes into play. Only through vocal or non-vocal expression are people able to convey thoughts, ideas, feelings, concerns and anticipations from schooling and being well educated, not from being of a higher class. Chema places a lot of importance on education, you can see this when he says “!Que se chinguen esos!” Fuck them! !You have no interests and learn! he did this to show them that words belonged to anyone who wanted them, and they came to believe that success in life and the ability to speak were closely linked, that one could not be important without knowing words.”(266) Using Language written, writers can easily demonstrate someone's upbringing, norms, customs, and values in society In multicultural literary works, the use of multilingual narration may confuse the reader at first, but this can be… a. middle of the paper… language and education are the most important things in this story and society The use of two different languages in one narrative gives the reader a disconcerting yet fascinating picture of characterization and customs. The multilingual narration pushes the reader to slow down and pay more attention to the expressions present in the small fragments, but as soon as the reader has understood the foreign words, he gains an invaluable insight into the theme of this story. The landscape of native words and phrases, cultural perceptions, and class controversies gleaned from the incorporation of two different languages are helpful to the reader in gaining meaning that they could not gain if only one language were employed in the story. Just as the power of language is used to reveal a society, the reader is provided with a better understanding.
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