Journal Response "Hunger for Memory" Richard Rodriguez in his book "Hunger of Memory" writes about the psychological impact of lack of heritage in his adulthood for trying to blend both heritages, American and Hispanic in his childhood. ... He remembers the first day of catholic school being introduced by a nun as Richard. ... Because of his fear of accepting and learning the public language, it would change the comfort of his family life. ... I can identify with Rodriguez's loss of comfort of home and the difficulty in speaking and expressing myself in English and the diffic...

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In the excerpt of "Arias " by Richard Rodriguez, he describes his childhood struggles of learning English as a second language once him, his parents, and sibling moved to Sacramento, California. Rodriquez, now educated, an adult, and well literate in English describes his shame of his childhood fear of English. ... I do not know what it is like to submerse in a culture of people who speak a totally different language. ... Richard describes that English sounded "harsh " to him and unpleasant. ... Even though Rodriguez admits one does lose "private " individuality by being submerged in public c...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Richard Rodriguez can attest to that fact in his piece "Memoir of a Bilingual Child". Here Richard feels that in becoming an American he is losing his Mexican culture. ... Through this quote Rodriguez shows us the perspective that in order to considered an American he had to sacrifice his original culture. ... "The overwhelming majority shares a fear that America is being Balkanized; 80 percent of whites, 86 percent of blacks and 74 percent of Hispanics are concerned that America is increasingly divided along ethnic and cultural lines. ... America has always been seen as a '...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

We seem to do this because the other option of considering the other side would rock our fundamental beliefs so much, that we fear that we will never be able to return to what we once had. ... I even see this every day at school, when students don't study for a test and then fail, or when an athlete doesn't show up for practice and loses their role as a starter. ... Richard Rodriguez, author of the essay "The Achievement of Desire", in which Rodriguez evaluates his education and its impact on his life says "It mattered that education was changing me. ... If Rodriguez had tested this ...

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Ethnocentrism is the act of judging another group based solely on his or her culture, morals, values, and beliefs. ... In Richard Rodriguez's essay "The Fear of Losing a Culture" he recognizes a very interesting fact. ... In today's society, the Amish culture is considered to be outdated and simply a waste of time. ... Another reason that people today find the Amish culture to be odd is because of the way they dress. ... All in all, the Amish culture is clearly very different from ours. ...

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• Grade Level: High School