Richard Rodriguez’s story‚ “Complexion”‚ is a memoir based on the author’s struggle regarding his race and identity as a Mexican American. As a boy‚ Richard despises his dark skin color‚ believing that it represents inferiority and poverty. His mother influences such notion by trying various home remedies to whiten his skin‚ resulting Richard to feel insecure and detached from his body. Moreover‚ he experiences an identity conflict with his race and society’s interpretation of complexion. This internal
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The short story by Shirley Jackson “The Lottery” serves as a mirror to see our own society and rituals at an extreme. Throughout the story the author normalizes the characters’ inhumane ritual so the reader would be able to understand the underlining meaning of the story. In our society there are rituals that we do not dare to question because they have been embedded into our lives. The character Old Man Warner justifies such rituals by saying‚ on page 142‚ “There’s always been a lottery.” he himself
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Most people believe the lottery is a win but in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson it is exactly the opposite. In this short story a small town of villagers stone to death one of their own‚ once a year‚ for the sake of crops. There are several characters the reader encounters that play significant roles in the story‚ such as Mrs. Delacriox and Mr. Summers. Mr. Summers‚ a “round-faced‚ jovial man”‚ is essentially the mayor of the small village. He puts all his time and energy into the town’s activities
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Responding-to Other Students’ Writing‚ by Richard Strub‚ is about making comments to the writers. The author is trying to explain to readers as they read a paper‚ they should consider themselves a friendly readers. Except the readers don’t just tell the writer what he or she wants to hear. As readers we need to be able to help the writer to make their piece of writing better. Readers need to point to problems and areas for improvement‚ but the readers should do it in a constructive way. Writing comments
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Mike Rose vs. Richard Rodriguez Mike Rose and Richard Rodriguez both support education and the success it brings for an individual‚ but they support them in different ways and for different reasons. In Mike Rose’s essay he explains how he was an average person in his vocational classes. He says that his intelligence was not on a low level‚ but rather he thought of his intelligence to be low because of his teachers and the fact he was in vocational classes‚ but he soon realizes that pushing to the
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traditions have been a common idea throughout every civilization since the beginning of thought. All of these religions have had some sort of doctrine of faith or standardized set of codes and practices that have been passed down through the ages. In Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery‚" The author presents the idea that without questioning the practices of our rituals‚ we lose the meaning of why they were conceived in the first place. The first clue that religion and doctrine may be the main subject
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Shirley Jackson is the author to two gruesome short stories titled‚ “the Lottery” and “the Possibility of Evil”. Both stories are known for their shocking turn of events and internal messages about humanity itself. Shirley Jackson has a very unique style of writing using different forms of literary devices. There are many similarities in these short stories and also many differences that contribute to the devices Shirley used in both; such as mood‚ foreshadowing‚ and imagery. A literary device
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say that immigrants are corrupting America‚ but contrary to their beliefs‚ immigrants are improving America through their hard work and labor. In the essay “Blaxicans”‚ by Richard Rodriguez‚ the author implies that America is not about segregation or about being more superior over the other‚ but about how all the races should become one. Also‚ in the essay “Mother Tongue”‚ by Amy Tan‚ she explains how most Asian Americans are being discriminated through their qualities. In the essay “Blaxicans”
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I don’t agree with Richard Rodriguez that having a public identity is more important than having a private identity. Richard Rodriguez abandoned his heritage entirely. I believe having a family background and heritage are extremely important. He may have gained a public identity‚ but what he lost most importantly was his
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Thesis:-learning English as a "language" gave Richard a confidence in public identity but he lost his native identity. Representative Example: - "The loss implies the gain: The house I returned to each afternoon was quiet. Intimate sounds no longer rushed to the door to great me. There were other noises inside. The telephone rang. Neighborhood kids ran past the bedroom where I was reading my schoolbooks-covered with shopping-bag paper. Once I learned public language‚ it would never again be easy
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