This means that you can go out in the real world and say your are something you were not born with. For example, Rodriguez's statement “I answered that I am Chinese, and that is because I live in a Chinese city and because I want to be Chinese.”(163-165), serves the purpose that he began to acknowledge the lifestyle of a culture not his own. He does not quite speak of his Mexican culture, and it may come to conclusion that he does not want to follow his parents way of thinking, food topics, life style, dress code, and more that reflects back. He decides to change the rules because why not right? Going back to the idea of shaping America can be shown with Richard Rodriguez as he chooses to follow the Chinese culture and not the country’s nor his
This means that you can go out in the real world and say your are something you were not born with. For example, Rodriguez's statement “I answered that I am Chinese, and that is because I live in a Chinese city and because I want to be Chinese.”(163-165), serves the purpose that he began to acknowledge the lifestyle of a culture not his own. He does not quite speak of his Mexican culture, and it may come to conclusion that he does not want to follow his parents way of thinking, food topics, life style, dress code, and more that reflects back. He decides to change the rules because why not right? Going back to the idea of shaping America can be shown with Richard Rodriguez as he chooses to follow the Chinese culture and not the country’s nor his