How Did Richard Rodriguez Break Away From Authority
Eli Davidson
Professor Thur
E-25
2-15-15
Not Breaking Away from Authority
A writer can only become effective if he decides to value change and thus abandon the conventions of daily life and tradition itself. This can only happen too if there have been events in his or her life that triggered the decision to break free from what is traditional. Based on “The Achievement of Desire,” Richard Rodriguez has not broken the hold of tradition over him, and that he has not become his own authority because he has remained obedient to all those whom he had considered symbols of authority like his parents, his teachers and the society.
There are a number of reasons why Rodriguez has not left tradition. Firstly, there has not been any event in his life, particularly in his school life, that caused him any great distress. Moreover, there was nothing so radical in his life that it had to cause a great upheaval in him. He may have experienced some temporary mental setbacks when he was young and when he had his first classroom experience but it was not enough to stir something great in him. For example, Rodriguez said, “A primary reason for my success in the classroom was that I couldn’t forget that schooling was …show more content…
His uneventful work is free of any radical ideas and this reflects his equally uneventful and obedient life as a student and son. The proofs that he has not abandoned tradition include the fact that he has not experienced any cataclysmic distress. He also has not used his imagination to the fullest or he did not have the opportunity to do it. He also has not been in touch with negativity so intimately in this life. Lastly, he has not experienced a reversal of roles in his life or something that made his life turn upside down. Rodriguez lived a good life with tradition, thus it is expected that he would not break away from it even as he grew older and became a
Professor Thur
E-25
2-15-15
Not Breaking Away from Authority
A writer can only become effective if he decides to value change and thus abandon the conventions of daily life and tradition itself. This can only happen too if there have been events in his or her life that triggered the decision to break free from what is traditional. Based on “The Achievement of Desire,” Richard Rodriguez has not broken the hold of tradition over him, and that he has not become his own authority because he has remained obedient to all those whom he had considered symbols of authority like his parents, his teachers and the society.
There are a number of reasons why Rodriguez has not left tradition. Firstly, there has not been any event in his life, particularly in his school life, that caused him any great distress. Moreover, there was nothing so radical in his life that it had to cause a great upheaval in him. He may have experienced some temporary mental setbacks when he was young and when he had his first classroom experience but it was not enough to stir something great in him. For example, Rodriguez said, “A primary reason for my success in the classroom was that I couldn’t forget that schooling was …show more content…
His uneventful work is free of any radical ideas and this reflects his equally uneventful and obedient life as a student and son. The proofs that he has not abandoned tradition include the fact that he has not experienced any cataclysmic distress. He also has not used his imagination to the fullest or he did not have the opportunity to do it. He also has not been in touch with negativity so intimately in this life. Lastly, he has not experienced a reversal of roles in his life or something that made his life turn upside down. Rodriguez lived a good life with tradition, thus it is expected that he would not break away from it even as he grew older and became a