I do not know what it is like to submerse in a culture of people who speak a totally different language. I could only imagine it would be extremely frustrating. Daily tasks in public like grocery store runs would be difficult, and you would constantly feel like a foreigner just as Richard did. Richard describes that English sounded "harsh " to him and unpleasant. Because of this he used home as an escape from public speaking and English. He would rush home after school to pleasant sound of familiar Spanish. This on-going cycle crippled Rodriguez from learning English even as he got older. He never felt "obligated " to speak English because there was never a need to when he got home to talk to his family and parents. They spoke Spanish. This can be shown on page 8 when he writes, "I remained cloistered by sounds, timid and shy in public, too dependent on the voices at home. " Also, because he couldn't speak English he also admits to feeling alienated from society and public when he says, "Nervously, I'd arrive at the grocery store to hear there the sounds of the gringo- foreign to me- reminding me that in this world so big, I was a foreigner (pg7.) ".
Only when Rodriguez's parents make the kids practice Spanish at home, he no longer could escape speaking English. He finally admits feeling like he belongs to public the day he raised his hand in class and gave the right answer in English. He says, "That day, I moved very far from the disadvantaged child I had been only days earlier. The belief, the calming assurance that I belonged I public, had at last taken hold. " All of these examples show how effective using first person is to his argument. Not only does it paint a picture in my mind, but it also puts me in Rodriquez's shoes.
Rodriquez uses compare and contrast in two ways effectively. He uses it when he describes the difference between public and private language. Also, when he compares his view of bilingual education versus current bilingual educators.
Aria: a Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood -- Interpretive Essay Why does the author believe that it is not possible for children to use their "family language" in school? In paragraph 4 of Aria: a Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood, the author, Richard Rodriguez, states that "It is not possible for a child, any child, ever to use his family's language in school." ...
The Essay "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan and "A memoir of Bilingual Childhood" by Richard Rodriguez tell personal childhood experiences of both authors. ... Richard Rodriguez struggles to overcome the difference between his family language, Spanish and the American language, English. ... Rodriguez sees his Private language from another angle. ... There was no turning back, Rodriguez had to adapt and change. For Rodriguez learning English was not a choice but a key to surviving in school. ...
Richard Rodriguez is one of America's most celebrated essayist and journalist. ... Now, Richard Rodriguez was born in 1944 a native of San Francisco, California. ... She states that "Rodriguez claims his writing is political and educational to all the Latinos/Latinas out there but yet, I feel as if he does not know what he is talking about" Another critic named Laurette Elsberry also detests the way of Richard Rodriguez's form of text. ... On the other hand, there are some critics such as George Moreno who love Richard Rodriguez's work. ... To my knowledge the approach th...
"Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood" by Richard Rodriguez is a narrative of the author's childhood as he and his family learn to speak English and become more comfortable with their American identity. ... In "Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood," Rodriguez described how he was reclusive in school, but he rushed home to speak with his family in his mother tongue (309). ... Just like Rodriguez, his school could not teach Richard or his siblings in a way they can understand so the school paid his family a visit to convince them to speak more English at home (30...
Two authors, who have each taken opposite sides of the debate on bilingual education in America, are: Richard Rodriguez and Ariel Dorfman. ... Also arguing against the immersion method, which Richard Rodriguez is in favor of, Dorfman states that, "The immersion methodwants youngsters to cut their ties to the syllables of their past culture. ... " (World Authors) Richard Rodriguez is a Mexican American Author who also struggled with bilingualism during his early life. ... Richard Rodriguez argues that there is no place in American Education for bilingualism. ... Examples of such woul...
This is an academic summary of an essay by Richard Rodriguez, "Achievement of Desire". ... In the essay "Achievement of Desire," author Richard Rodriguez, describes the difficulties balancing life in the academic world and the life of a working class family. ... Richard Hoggart, author of the book Working with the Past, states that a scholarship boy "is at the friction point of two cultures" (840). ... Rodriguez's parents had very little schooling. ... Richard Rodriguez's experiences are comparable to those that a high school student may experience going into their fi...
Both authors, Bell Hooks and Richard Rodriguez, wrote effective essays on the assimilation of white people but, Bell Hooks has the stronger one. In Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood, Rodriguez writes about his disagreement with affirmative action and the struggle that his family went through because of language difficulties; but, his many personal examples affects only a few people. ... Bell Hook's essay is more potent than Rodriguez's because her essay relates to more people, thus having the greater effect. ... Her essay compared to Rodriguez's essay is better. Rodr...
Both authors, Bell Hooks and Richard Rodriguez, wrote effective essays on the assimilation of white people but, Bell Hooks has the stronger one. In Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood, Rodriguez writes about his disagreement with affirmative action and the struggle that his family went through because of language difficulties; but, his many personal examples affects only a few people. ... Bell Hook's essay is more potent than Rodriguez's because her essay relates to more people, thus having the greater effect. ... Her essay compared to Rodriguez's essay is better. Rodr...
Richard Rodriguez no longer a "Scholarship Boy"? Richard Hoggart's book, The Uses of Literacy, provides his definition of the "scholarship boy"; Richard Rodriguez experiences what it is like to be a sholarship boy and shares his life story in his essay "The Achievement of Desire". ... In this passage Rodriguez describes his realization: leafing through Richard Hoggart's The Uses of Literacy, I found, in his description of the scholarship boy, myself. ... Works Cited Rodriguez, Richard. ... Martin's, 2002. 652-670 Hoggart, Richard. ...
