The point of this essay‚ “The Chinese in All of us” by Richard Rodriguez‚ was to show that America is one giant melting pot. That there is no such thing as an “American” culture. An American culture cannot exist as one central thing because there are so many cultures that mixed together to form what we have now. It’s a never ending cycle of growth as a country. The immigrants come to America and with them‚ they bring their ideas and customs. While they learn the customs we already have we‚ in turn
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In the short story “The Chinese in All of Us”‚ Rodriguez says‚ “I think of myself as Chinese” (242). It only brought the thought to my attention that he must be confused. Like most minorities‚ he gives off the impression that he’s trying to “fit in” America. Searching for identity and suiting himself with redundant thoughts for the comfort of acceptance and feeling the pleasures of the modern American society. I am a minority and I’m expressing from experience. Rodriguez says‚ “… culture is something
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Richard Rodriguez The Chinese in All of Us A Mexican American Explores Multiculturalism The other day‚ the phone rang; it was a woman who identified herself as the “talent coordinator” for the “Oprah Winfrey Show.” She said Oprah was planning a show on self-hating ethnics. “You know‚” she confided‚ “Norwegians who don’t want to be Norwegian‚ Greeks who hate Greek food.” Anyway‚ she said breezily‚ wouldn’t I like to make an appearance? About 10 years ago I wrote a thin book called Hunger of
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Name Professor English # Date The Chinese in All of Us A Mexican American Explores Multiculturalism Our Society is the example of the definition of ethnic diversity. America has a large mix of citizens with different religious views‚ languages‚ nationalities‚ and races. Here in Florida Miami has a considerable amount of Cubans and Tampa/Orlando have a significant number of Puerto Ricans. While there are lot of Hispanics here in Florida and all of us speak the same language “Spanish”‚ most
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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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and theories to make the earth a better place yet it all brought man to a place worse than it was before. Wars keeps on increasing‚ guns are available in sale shops and even with the great system of security in developed nations still we see increase in crime in the developed countries than the developing countries. The world is in a technological age of doing things easily‚ the skill of man in doing surgeries and a whole new research to solve all the issues of man‚ yet man seems not getting any better
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Sue Rodriguez- Assisted Suicide By: Monique Sue Rodriguez‚ once a woman who was lively and healthy women much like the rest of us was given the horrible news that she had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in early 1991 changing her life tremendously. Little did she know her fight for equality of life would create a milestone in Canadian Law. Sue Rodriguez fought long and hard to demand the right to assisted suicide‚ which at the time was illegal under
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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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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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