Richard Rodriguez's Synthesis Essay

In his book Richard Rodriguez argues the idea of using “family language” at school should not be allowed because it separates the students and makes it harder for them to comprehend one another.By doing this,Rodriguez utilizes imagery, anecdote, and pathos.
Rodriguez shows that bilingual students feel pressured when the teacher points a native student out making them feel as an outcast by using imagery.
By using anecdote Rodriguez shows that by trying to make a bilingual environment there will be conflicts present.
To conclude, Rodriguez uses pathos by making the audience feel sympathy of death to show the separation feeling as a bilingual student.

Rodriguez argues that you can overcome any obstacle that you come across by using imagery. Rodriguez gives an explanation that if you try you can stay strong throughout your future in education. Students can feel embarrassed when they are put on the spot in front of the class or just in general. When Rodriguez uses imagery he wants to make sure that everyone can be sentimental about his situation,or other students... “My teachers were unsentimental about my situation”. Rodriguez exemplifies that if a teacher cares about their bilingual student then the students in general can comprehend one another.
By describing that in his own experience he felt as if he was becoming distant from his own family by saying, “ .. too painful reminders of how much had changed in my life.” Rodriguez gives an example of when he talked to his parents in English he would become frustrated when his parents did not understand, this created a type of conflict. “Matching the silence I started hearing in public was a new quiet at home”. This shows that Rodriguez learned from his experience and took it as a learning