In his essay, "The Achievement of Desire,"" Richard Rodriguez states that he was know as the "scholarship boy" throughout his entire educational career. ... Wright Mills terms the "sociological imagination," which "enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals" " (Mills 8). Rodriguez's "The Achievement of Desire" switches back and forth, between his biography and the definition of "scholarship boy," based on Hoggart's definition. ... When Rodriguez is in London, he reads R...

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