Rereading America Summary

Graff,E.J. “What Makes a Family.” Rereading America. 5th Ed. Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004. 26-38. Print. E.J. Graff explores the history of the term “family” in its Roman origin “familia”. She explains that in early Roman times, a family was not defined by bloodlines, but by the choice of the head of the family.

Soto, Gary. “Looking for Work.” Rereading America. 5th Ed.Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004. 26-31. Print. Is a narration of a nine year old boy, Gary, who is a Mexican-American who wants that his family become perfect, so he starts to immitate conducts from hsi favorite TV show and implemented in his family.

Coontz, Stephanie.
6th Ed.Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004. 135-141. Print. Education in the engine that drives the American dream. Also, its important because it was considered a source of order, control and
“The achievement of Desire.” Rereading America. 6th Ed.Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004. 214-227. Print. Is a story that represents duality because he grow up with parents who remained with the traditions of their Hispanic culture, Richards's ambition to learn, and to be like his teachers, separated him from his roots.

X, Malcom. “Learning to read.” Rereading America. 6th Ed.Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004. 243-252. Print. In the story Malcolm x talks about his time in prison and how if it were not for those seven year he would have no learned to read at all. He started a rigorous regimine of copying the whole dictionary in order to improve his writing. Also, on of the important American Black leader.

“The myth of individual Opportunity.” Rereading America. 6th Ed.Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004. 294-297. Print. This myth talks about the comparison between the haves and the have nots, the achieves and the drones, etc. They try to explain us why we live under presure and always trying to be successful in everything in order to go to the top in Business.

Pronadis. Discapacidad y Educación. “Discapacidad y discriminación” Eumed,2009. Web.