Can We Talk

“Can we talk” is all about the great bond between mother and daughters. But sadly that bond we don’t realize that we have a strong bond with our mothers. To most of us our mothers are the reason why we pull out hairs out of our scalps, and we are the same to our mothers. But behind all that daughters do really depend on their mothers for support or tiny little things like how to make grilled cheese sandwich. 

In the story “Can we talk” really applies to my mother and me. The Author Deborah Tannen really evoked the emotions in me and realized how much I really  need my mother to help with things even thought I already know how to do it. Or how much my mother bothers me over little things. This story is really an argument from the heart. Tannen herself is a woman so she probably went through the same experience growing up in her life.

This story also applies to chapter four- Argument based on facts and reasons. Since many daughters and mother feels the same way. Some even expressed how they felt to Tannen. So Tanen story has facts base on reach and percentage of how mothers and daughter feel. Even thought this story does not have hard-core facts and statistic. It’s more likely that mothers and daughters feel that way because no relationship between a mother and daughter is perfect. Mothers always have that feeling inside of them that it’s their job to protect their daughter no matter what age their daughter is.  Same with my mother, Even though I’m eighteen and in college, my mother still calls me her little baby and checks up on everyday.  And of course sometime that gets annoying just as I annoy my mother about money and going out with my friends.

This story “Can we talk” by Deborah Tannen applies to every mother and daughter relationship in the world but at the same time it has good argument points and facts.