How To Tame A Wild Tongue

How To Tame A Wild Tongue starts out describing how the author, Gloria Anzaldua, grew up having her language oppressed by adults and teachers. The story then talks about the languages the author speaks, who she says each language to, and how some of the languages are distinct and how the languages pronounce certain words. But this story mainly focuses on what makes the author who she is, to which she says is through her soul, not the mind. It also focuses on how people change who someone else is.