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    In Richard Rodriguez’s essay‚ “The LonelyGood Company of Books”‚ his purpose seems to be a mixture of an analytical‚ persuasive‚ and entertaining view on reading books. This is achieved by the author sharing bits of his life which were intertwined with reading. For example‚ his first opinions on reading where formed by watching his parents read. Because of this‚ Mr. Rodriguez considered the context of reading to be more about educating people on a subject‚ rather than being entertaining. The author

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    complex. I never quite understood why books like Shakespeare were so important to my education but I was always told it was so I never questioned it. In The LonelyGood Company of Books‚ I completely agree with Rodriguez on his claim about the disconnection of young students’ education and reading lists of books. A student’s education is based on way more than just reading books throughout their educational lives. From personal experience to claims made my Rodriguez to simple facts it is clear reading

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    others. In “The Lonely Good Company of Books”‚ Richard Rodriguez explains how his parents did not read to him‚ and how he became literate. I could relate to Richard’s situation because I wasn’t read to much either. Though reading and writing is a necessity and students should learn literature at a young age‚ it can also be entertaining and create imagination. A growing problem in society is the inability to be literate at a young age. Like Rodriguez‚ I wasn’t read to much. Rodriguez states‚ “For both

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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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    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 believing in his aspiration of how benefits of education can remarkably outweigh the past struggles of both his family and himself. Like Rodriguez‚ I also‚ in

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    up whole new worlds? A book could open doors for me. It could introduce me to people and show me places I never imagined existed. She gestured towards the bookshelves . (Bare-breasted African women danced‚ and the shiny hubcaps of automobiles on the back covers of the geographic gleamed in my mind.) I listened with respect. But her words were not very influential. I was thinking then of another consequence of literacy‚ one i was too shy to admit but nonetheless trusted. Books were going to make me

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    Richard Rodriguez describes the difficulties between balancing life in the academic world and life of a working class family. In this article‚ Rodriguez found himself through education. As a child‚ Rodriguez was the stereotypical student that comes from a working class family with little education but worked hard to make a living. He was smart and always top of his class‚ and rather than spending his time on other things he was always caught reading a book by himself. Originally‚ Rodriguez smarts

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    1. Rodriguez’s parents were very uncomfortable speaking English in public. Rodriguez stated that‚ “In public‚ my father and mother spoke hesitantly‚ accented‚ and not always grammatical English. And then they would have to strain‚ their bodies tense‚ to catch the sense of what was rapidly said by Los gringos.” When Rodriguez was younger his parents spoke only Spanish and his family bonded through Spanish. Rodriguez said‚ we transformed the knowledge of our public separateness into a consoling reminder

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    mean‚ Richard Rodriguez fights America has been brown from its start‚ as he himself is by all accounts. As a man with different color sink‚ I think . . . (Regardless‚ do we really trust that shading tints thought?) In his two past journals‚ Hunger of Memory and Days of Obligation‚ Rodriguez explained the meeting of his private presence with open issues of class and ethnicity. With Brown‚ his considered race‚ Rodriguez completes his "arrangement of three of American open life." In Rodriguez‚ darker

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    In the essay “Achievement of Desire”‚ author Richard Rodriguez‚ describes the difficulties balancing life in the academic world and the life of a working class family. As a child Rodriguez was the exception to the stereotypical student coming from a working class family. He was always top of his class‚ and rather than spending his time out with friends or with his family he spent his time with books and notes. Initially this approach makes Rodriguez stand out as an exceptional student‚ but as time

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