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    "The Achievement of Desire" Summary In Richard Rodriguez’s "The Achievement of Desire" he talks about the issues he faced a "scholarship boy." Rodriguez was constantly caught between his two lives: school and home. As he got older‚ Rodriguez had become embarrassed with his parents education and broke away from his home life to focus on his school life‚ which was more important. Eager to learn more "anything to fill the hollow within me and make me feel educated." (202) In the third grade

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    An Analysis of Writing Techniques in the Achievement of Desire This essay is elegantly written with well-chosen words. Besides that‚ Richard Rodriguez’s adept skills in depicting the author’s complicated yet conflicting mental activities through various literary devices is also the shinning point of this piece of work. In the essay‚ the author mainly used several techniques such as flashbacks‚ comparisons and contrasts‚ definition‚ quotation‚ and satire to enhance the readability and entertainment

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    Rodriguez

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    When Rodriguez says "you can’t use family language in the classroom" (London) he seems to be explaining that it is the family’s role to teach the offspring about their culture. On the other hand it is the dominant cultures institution‚ school in this case‚ which has to teach about its culture.  He seems to think nobody agrees on how assimilation works and so there are assumptions about cultures from other cultures and this causes confusion. When Rodriguez says “they may be fighting in gangs right

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    “The Achievement of Desire” – Tensions Faced in a Battle to Satisfy Oneself Tension can be defined as mental or emotional strain. In the circumstances of “The Achievement of Desire‚” a self-essay written by Robert Rodriguez‚ tension can be more defined as contrasts within Rodriguez’s life that results in conflicting forces that negatively strain him mentally and emotionally. Rodriguez faces educational and family tensions‚ which leads him to be an emotionless outcast with an unhappy life and

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    Americans today tend to believe that if you want to successful in life your have to dedicate your whole life to education. That seems to not be the case. In Richard Rodriquez’s excerpt‚ Achievement of Desire‚ he questions whether‚ “ education alienates us from our parents‚ our class‚ and origins‚ inevitably changing our minds and thus changing us” (597). Basically‚ Richard is saying in his excerpt is that education is causing students to feel distant or isolated from what is involved in their lives

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    Richard Rodriguez

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    The relationship between Richard Rodriguez and Richard Hoggart is supremely that of a student to a teacher with Rodriguez as the student and Hoggart as the teacher. In moments when Rodriguez says that Hoggart’s opinion of what a “scholarship boy” entails is “more accurate than fair‚” Rodriguez is learning more as if he is a student (547). Of course Rodriguez now‚ after having written “The Achievement of Desire‚” understands his place as a “scholarship boy” student; however‚ there are brutally honest

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    achievement

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    The Achievement of Desire by Richard Rodriguez In Richard Rodriguez The Achievement of desire‚ he had grown up in a minority group / family being a Mexican-American ‚ who on entering school was barely able to speak English ‚ but then mastered the art of speaking English that one day his teacher had remarked that he was losing all traces of a Spanish accent. He considered himself to be success even to become known as a “scholar boy” and additionally prized student‚ his earlier teachers the nuns

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    Richard Rodriguez

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    the time of reaching a mature state‚ education has affected their personal family life in one way or the other. With that being said‚ in his essay‚ “The Achievement of Desire”‚ Richard Rodriguez headed towards a path where he was unconsciously distancing himself from his family and becoming much more independent than he had expected. Rodriguez gives the reader a sentimental idea of the two contrary lives he had growing up‚ the life he had as a child‚ and the life he has as an educated man. He continued

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    Rodriguez characterizes Mexico as a country with a culture of tragedy and America as a country with a culture of comedy. However‚ America is comedic in the Greek sense-in the sense that America is not comedic at all. Rodriguez feels that Mexico‚ in being the place of tragedy‚ is better off. America‚ on the other hand‚ has to face the burden of optimism‚ and the subsequent let-downs. Thus‚ in a sense‚ he characterizes them in ways that oppose what he truly thinks of them. Mexico is described as

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    his argument? 4. Where in the essay does Rodriguez present his most straightforward argument? Is it effective? Would it have been more effective if it had been placed near the beginning? 5. Describe the tone of paragraph 5 where Rodriguez first raises the issue of bilingual education. 6. Why does Rodriguez emphasize the sound of language? Is this an appeal to logos‚ pathos‚ or both? 7. According to the author‚ what impact did the Rodriguez children’s use of English have on relationships

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