"Fair fight or not, she wasn't going to let me dress down my father, not with language, not with anything" (63).
This quote particularly stood out to me because it reminded me of the title of the book, Native Speaker, because of the word "language." It also stood out to me because it shows how Henry grew up having the good value of respect for his elders, of which I can relate to. When Henry used to verbally fight with his father, he would use "the biggest words [he] knew, whether they made sense or not"(63). The main quote at the top is referring to Ahjuhma; how she would protect Henry's father, as sort of a new mother figure in the family. I can relate in a way to this idea of having the utmost respect for my elders, especially my parents because that's how I was raised to act. I've never yelled or swore or done anything really disrespectful to my parents. And now, after 17 years, it's become a habit not to.
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