Select the excerpt from "mother tongue" by amy tan that best describes language bias.
1. i've heard other terms used, "limited english," for example. but they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people's perceptions of the limited-english speaker.
2. i heard myself saying this: "not waste money that way." my husband was with us as well, and he didn't notice any switch in my english.
3. i spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language--the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.
4. and it was perhaps the first time she had heard me give a lengthy speech, using the kind of english i have never used with her.

What words or phrases you to recognize the historical context of the line 7

In at least two hundred words, discuss why "désirée's baby" is or is not relevant today.

1. at the conclusion of chapter 13, the monster realizes that he has none of the qualities or possessions that human beings value, and so he worries the he will be forever miserable. he says, “oh, that i had for ever remained in my native wood, nor known nor felt beyond the sensations of hunger, thirst, and heat! ” this statement recalls one made by victor frankenstein in chapter 10: “if our impulses were confined to hunger, thirst, and desire, we might nearly be free; but now we are moved by every wind that blows, and a chance word or scene that that word may convey to us.” questions: what do these two statements suggest about the impact of knowledge? how do the statements affect the way readers view the monster and victor?