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    “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” -Richard Rodriguez The author is a scholar‚ essayist‚ journalist‚ and television commentator. In this essay Rodriguez writes about his childhood experience as a bilingual child. He tells us about going to school without having a good English education. He is forced to start speaking English at home with his parents and he feels like he loses being so close to his family. “Politics and the English Language” -George Orwell The author is a writer‚ was

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    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

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    When Rodriguez says "you can’t use family language in the classroom" (London) he seems to be explaining that it is the family’s role to teach the offspring about their culture. On the other hand it is the dominant cultures institution‚ school in this case‚ which has to teach about its culture.  He seems to think nobody agrees on how assimilation works and so there are assumptions about cultures from other cultures and this causes confusion. When Rodriguez says “they may be fighting in gangs right

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    Reading is an experience that every individual grows from differently. Whether it be a smooth transition or even a positive one depends entirely on the individual. Gerald Graff‚ Richard Rodriguez‚ and Eudora Welty all show their growth through literacy narratives. Each one of their experiences although different all relate to my own journey into literacy. My own transition from Dr. Seuss books‚ to being thoroughly interested in novels such as Kiss the Girls by James Patterson is a novel all on its

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    Rodriguez grew up as a Mexican immigrant in a middle class white dominated neighborhood. In his growing up and accustoming with the world around him‚ he learns that language may not be the key to the intimacy he had grown so accustomed to. Although‚ one may communicate intimacy through language. Rodriguez transferred into school without knowing English until he’s forced to learn it with the help of his school teacher. As a result‚ Rodriguez finds himself forgetting bits and pieces of how he used

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    Essay #1 "The Achievement of Desire" is an autobiography about Mr. Richard Rodriguez. In this autobiography the story of the conflicts the “scholarship boy” had with his school life and home life. As he continued his education into a Graduate degree‚ he starts not thinking too highly of the education his parents have. He started to feel embarrassed by his parents because they didn’t have much education. Rodriguez then started to distance himself from his family and pursued his educational goals

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    Chapter one: Humility‚ discusses the traditions followed three days after a girl was born into the world. Whoever would visit her would make a sacrifice. Also the baby girl would be placed “below the bed to show that she was lowly and weak and should concentrate on humbling herself before others.” Zhao proclaims a woman must possess humility‚ industriousness and to continue sacrifice. She defines humility as acting respectful to others. She defines industriousness as complating everything that needs

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    In Richard Rodriguez’s essay‚ “The Lonely‚ Good 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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    Santiago Izquierdo ENGL 150H- Essay #1 09/12/14 In the short essay "Does America Still Exist?" by Richard Rodriguez‚ the primary inquiry is found by plainly considering the title. This question is much deeper than what some might consider it to be. In order to even begin to consider this interrogation‚ Rodriguez must first define "America". In his opinion‚ the main cornerstone of this country is the unity and welcomeness in which it was created. After defeating the might British in order to become

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    March 29‚ 2011 An Obligation Is Not A Choice What defines an obligation? Is it defined as something that one has to do because it is necessary for their living or is it something that one has to do because someone says they have to? I would define an obligation as something that one has to do because it is necessary for their living. What I do not understand is how one person can dodge their obligations. I see people choose to live a life where their obligations are pushed aside as if

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