Richard Rodriguez is one of America's most celebrated essayist and journalist. ... Also Hunger of Memory which talks about his own experience as a "minority" and shares his provocative views on bilingual education. ... Jennefer Hernandez There, are great books that Rodriguez has written such as Hunger of Memory his first book published in 1982. ... Soto that Rodriguez has no idea what he is debating about. ... Also, Julie Cruz agrees with Moreno about the work of Rodriguez. ...

• Word Count: 1466
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Bilingual education, as an educational program, was initially promoted by educators in the seventies (Hunger of Memory 26) and since then has been a topic of many debates in America. ... However, in contrast to Ariel Dorfman, Rodriguez is completely against bilingual education. Richard Rodriguez argues that there is no place in American Education for bilingualism. ... As stated by Rodriguez, "Our family remained a loving family, but one greatly changed. ... Meanwhile, Rodriguez found himself neglecting Spanish and becoming monolingual. ...

• Word Count: 2018
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Richard Rodriguez is a Mexican-American or a "chicano" as he says others called him sometimes. This book tells about his life growing up in America, and it tells a lot about the discrimination he dealt with growing up. He started school in America with a very small English vocabulary which made i...

• Word Count: 1295
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School