The power of language as it relates to ideality: bilingualism

"Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war? (75). 

Bilingualism meaning a mixture of knowledge of two languages. The idea of bilingualism to some can go further than the concept of language. It can go further than just being heard; it can go into also needing to be understood. Language's connection to interpretation is vial to ideality as both Ada Limón's with In the contract says: We'd like the conversation to be bilingual and Gloria Anzaldua's How to tame a wild tongue show. Ada Limón's poem is written up as instructions given to a you we assume is bilingual, this you actually never responds, but receives instructions on what is deemed appropriate. Instructions are the whole construction of the poem. Some of the power of the poem comes from the complacency the you has to show while being told who they should and shouldn't be, what to say and what not to say tailoring their ideality to fit a standard of comfortability for the others. In quotes like "will you tell us the stories that make us uncomfortable, but not complicit? Don't read the ones that make us." (lines 9-11) we see the contrast they felt towards the you, hold the identity as not independent and show was the you fits their prejudgments because code changing interpretation is more palatable. With regards to palatable How to tame a wild tongue goes deeply into ideality; what it means to be bilingual despite devastating no-Spanish rules and the contrast of Americanize español. Gloria Anzaldua touches upon how the control or limitation of a language that could shape someone's ideality, and that is amplified when your conversation and I didn't, he gets divided into two. This division is caused by academia but also by rules of standard, "if you don't like it, go back to Mexico where you belong." (75) "Even our own people, other Spanish speakers nos quieren poner candaos en la boca. They would hold us back with their bag of reglas de academia. (76) Lacking, therefore, in the basic principles of ideality not having someone to relate to the frustration of not being understood and always having to choose without sacrificing another part of your ideality is the main challenge.