The theme of Rabindranath Tagore’s poem “We Both Live in the Same Village” is best summed up by the beauty of the natural world is not as great as his beloved’s beauty.
<span>It could be said that Tan's essay might be a “compare/ contrast” one, because it is presented as a comparison of the English language. She exposes his ideas and provides examples of them , personal experiences and she gives a definition of “mother tongue” and she resorts to his mother to provide a clear example of this topic.The she provides more examples to illustrate her point. It could be said that the text is divided into 3 parts: part 1 presents some situations about different styles of English. Part 2 addresses to her mother limitations with the language and the last part, n°3 focuses on her and how she wrote her stories.</span>
Nigerian storytelling has historically been an oral tradition. Historically the stories were passed down and told by word of mouth, spoken rather than written.
The intended audience is all citizens of Westport County, as seen by the first sentence of the third paragraph.
