The stockbroker kept her money because of her accent and the way she spoke English. Amy Tan had to call the stockbroker and explain why they hadn't sent "her" check when two weeks had passed. Her mother in the background was telling her what to say, but Amy spoke perfect English and told them they would be in New York the next week: “Whatever she wants, I come to New York and tell her in front of her boss, you cheater Me?” ( 2) Amy Tan's mother went to the hospital to get the results of the CT scan she had done a month earlier. The doctor didn't want to give her the brain tumor results because she didn't speak "proper English" and because she had an accent English She was anxious to know the results because her son and her husband had died like that. It's just amazing how they didn't want to give her the CT scan results because of her "broken English" Amy Tan doesn't agree with the idea that her mother's English is “broken” or “limited,” she believes is part of her origins and the English she grew up with. My mother's English may not be as perfect as everyone would like, but my mother will always be my mother. We must respect all those who do not speak a language enough, we must help them and not judge or criticize them. Amy's mother had done it