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What is it like to lose your most memorable moments in a flash? Richard Rodriguez managed to answer the question in his memoir, “Aria”. The memoir was published in “Hunger of Memory”,1982. Rodriguez, a Mexican American writer, believes the importance of family value and the objection of bilingual education and affirmative action. “Aria” elucidates the criticism that society impacted towards the character and also the fact that the character isn't able to speak or understand own native language.
To begin, the introduction of the memoir was a brief memory of Rodriguez’s new childhood after moving. Rodriguez recapped his childhood as a regretful and isolated atmosphere. A sense of isolation was felt because of the criticism that was being refer

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