How does the first stanza in "The Courage That My Mother Had" contribute to the poem's meaning? It describes the place where the speaker and her mother are from.

It establishes the speaker's respect and longing for her mother's courage.

It explains why the speaker's mother is remembered for acts of courage.

It reveals that speaker's mother was a cold and emotionless person.

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”