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    This can lead to inner conflict‚ confusion‚ and even anger. One way to handle the conflict is to cut ties with the first culture including language. But is this the answer? Doing so can create a sense of loss. In the essayAria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood”‚ Richard Rodriguez shares his personal experience with learning English as a second language. In his linguistic journey‚ the author feels a disconnect between Spanish‚ the language used at home by his Mexican immigrant parents‚ and English

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    Imani Gibson Prof. P. Thur Expo-25 03.12.14 Essay One: Analyzing the Hold of ‘Tradition’ over Richard Rodriguez In his essay “The Achievement of Desire‚” Richard Rodriguez chronicles his journey as a student describing his path to academic success as one of constant‚ internal turmoil. Rodriguez narrates as a fully educated‚ successful (by society’s standards) grown man‚ conveying the sense of loneliness and loss that he no doubt achieved along with his education. On the surface it would appear

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    Santiago Izquierdo ENGL 150H- Essay #1 09/12/14 In the short essay "Does America Still Exist?" by Richard Rodriguez‚ the primary inquiry is found by plainly considering the title. This question is much deeper than what some might consider it to be. In order to even begin to consider this interrogation‚ Rodriguez must first define "America". In his opinion‚ the main cornerstone of this country is the unity and welcomeness in which it was created. After defeating the might British in order to become

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    Achievement of Desire In The Achievement of Desire‚ Richard Rodriguez talks about his experiences from when he was a young boy until he becomes an adult who have realized his life goals. As a boy‚ Rodriguez describes himself as a “good student” and a “troubled son” (Rodriguez 565) at the same time. In his essayRodriguez tells his readers how education can alienate students from their parents‚ culture‚ class‚ as well as from their past. The essay also reflects the situation that many accomplished

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    true meaning of his work. In his essay‚ Complexion‚ Richard Rodríguez uses the rhetorical modes of description and symbolism. The description gives the work a story-like flow‚ while the symbolism makes the reader more able to experience the emotions and feelings present within the authors “complexion.” The utilization of the stylistic tools aids in conveying the true message of the author’s claim which is that he received mass racism out in the society. Since the essay is an account of his own experiences

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    When Richard Rodriguez entered first grade at Sacred Heart School in Sacramento‚ California‚ his English vocabulary consisted of barely fifty words. All his classmates were white. He kept quiet‚ listening to the sounds of middle-class American speech‚ and feeling alone. After school he would return home to the pleasing‚ soothing sounds of his family’s Spanish. When his English showed little sign of improvement‚ the nuns at his school asked Rodriguez’s parents to speak more English at home. Eager

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    Douglass and Richard Rodriguez are two great examples of people whose process of learning impacted their lives from childhood to adulthood. Who dares to compare the two? Between these two great men are some similarities even though they grew up in different times and being minorities. From reading the two reading pieces one could focus on how Douglass and Rodriguez’s upbringing‚ learning methods and their lives were affected by education. From early ages both Douglass and Rodriguez grew up with

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    The autobiography “Scholarship Boy” by Richard Rodriguez is the story of overcoming the difficulties of keeping school and home life balanced. A scholarship boy‚ a boy who comes from a working class family and thrusts himself into the schools environment more than anything else‚ which is exactly what Richard Rodriguez was and is. The story talks about a young boy from working class family who entered school “barely able to speak English” who takes on school as a method of separating himself from

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    Richard Rodriguez is a great example of what it is like to be part of the students who belong to the schooled category. Rodriguez himself is one of the many students that lacked the ability to critically think. Rodriguez read and read books that his teacher once mentioned‚ but still didn’t feel smart. Being a "scholarship boy" Rodriguez was unable to critically think for himself and was unable to capture and completely understand what he was reading. "I lacked a point of view when I read." (Rodriguez

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    According to Richard Rodriguez‚ author of “The Achievement of Desire”‚ talks about a student who always reads books and top of his class. He rather than spends time with family or friends he uses time to read books. So‚ he called “scholarship boy”. He always would stack up with books and when he was supposed to be sleep or playing outside with friends‚ his mom would always find him reading. The scholarship boy reaches a point that he cannot admire his parents anymore because he was embarrassed at

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