An Analysis Of Richard Rodriguez's Hunger Of Memory
aulkner/HOM Jaiyanni Ortiz
Anyone can write an essay or a book. However, not everyone is a successful writer. According to Faulkner's Nobel prize acceptance speech, a writer has certain duties in order to be successful and in Hunger of Memory, Rodriguez fulfills Faulkner’s required duties by writing about his fears, by speaking honestly, and by showing compassion, which in the end makes Rodriguez a successful writer.
Richard Rodriguez establishes William Faulkner’s ideals of successful writing when he is courageous enough to write about his fears. In his acceptance speech, William Faulkner explains that a writer, “ must teach himself that the basest of all things to be afraid.”(Faulkner) Faulkner is trying to say that fear causes negative …show more content…
Faulkner says in his speech that “It is his [the writer's] privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of the past.” (Faulkner) Faulkner means that a writer’s duty is to write with empathy or compassion because writers have the ability to connect with the audience and lift their spirits and motivate them. Rodriguez writes, “A family member would say something to me and I would feel myself specially recognized. My parents would say something to me and I would feel embarrassed by the sounds of their words.” (Rodriguez 14) In this quote he addresses how he felt embarrassed by his parents. This shows how passionate he felt this point in his life and how he refuses to let these things go unknown. Like Faulkner mentions, passionate writings have prevailed through time and Rodriguez is succeeding in doing so. Because Rodriguez is able to appeal to his audience emotions and make the audience feel sympathy for him as well as make them feel more connected to the story.Rodriguez, by writing about an emotional time in his life, allows him to not only have a positive response from the audience but proves that he can accomplish another one of Faulkner’s duty of being a good writer.
When Richard Rodriguez writes about fear, truth, and when he writes with compassion, he connects with the audience in way that other writers do not. This form of writing allows the audience to feel personally connected, to be focused on the story,and to appreciate his writing because he displays the qualities that are described by William Faulkner as the qualities of a good
Anyone can write an essay or a book. However, not everyone is a successful writer. According to Faulkner's Nobel prize acceptance speech, a writer has certain duties in order to be successful and in Hunger of Memory, Rodriguez fulfills Faulkner’s required duties by writing about his fears, by speaking honestly, and by showing compassion, which in the end makes Rodriguez a successful writer.
Richard Rodriguez establishes William Faulkner’s ideals of successful writing when he is courageous enough to write about his fears. In his acceptance speech, William Faulkner explains that a writer, “ must teach himself that the basest of all things to be afraid.”(Faulkner) Faulkner is trying to say that fear causes negative …show more content…
Faulkner says in his speech that “It is his [the writer's] privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of the past.” (Faulkner) Faulkner means that a writer’s duty is to write with empathy or compassion because writers have the ability to connect with the audience and lift their spirits and motivate them. Rodriguez writes, “A family member would say something to me and I would feel myself specially recognized. My parents would say something to me and I would feel embarrassed by the sounds of their words.” (Rodriguez 14) In this quote he addresses how he felt embarrassed by his parents. This shows how passionate he felt this point in his life and how he refuses to let these things go unknown. Like Faulkner mentions, passionate writings have prevailed through time and Rodriguez is succeeding in doing so. Because Rodriguez is able to appeal to his audience emotions and make the audience feel sympathy for him as well as make them feel more connected to the story.Rodriguez, by writing about an emotional time in his life, allows him to not only have a positive response from the audience but proves that he can accomplish another one of Faulkner’s duty of being a good writer.
When Richard Rodriguez writes about fear, truth, and when he writes with compassion, he connects with the audience in way that other writers do not. This form of writing allows the audience to feel personally connected, to be focused on the story,and to appreciate his writing because he displays the qualities that are described by William Faulkner as the qualities of a good