Henry Yuan
WAE 194
Rouya Hasemi
03/05/17
Essay
According to Chang-Rae Lee, in “Mute in an English–only World,” he states that English
was harsh for his mom because she could not speak English, so it often brings her bad times and
memories. Language could be very hard to learn especially for most of the people who already
have a first language, and it could make people embarrassed when no one else could understand
you. I strongly agree and identify with Lee’s mom that language can be a nightmare for
