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This 4 page paper discusses Richard Rodriguez’ book Hunger of Memory and gives a reaction to it. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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reaction to it. Discussion Rodriguez is a successful author who seems to have done things that most people find inexplicable. He had numerous academic offers at a time when PhDs
were driving cabs; when he did establish a teaching career, he gave it up to write (Rodriguez ). He was also something rare: a Mexican-American who has no use for
either affirmative action or bilingual education, and who spoke out against both, making himself exceedingly unpopular (Rodriguez, 2004). However, like most other non-whites who live in the United States, Rodriguez
struggles to understand who he is. For him, the clue to identity is not opportunity or schooling, but language. When he began elementary school, he was the only Mexican-American in
his class and he spoke only about 50 words of English (Rodriguez, 2004). He spoke Spanish at home, and soon began to regard English as a "public" language while Spanish
was a "private" tongue, to be spoken only with people he was close to and who shared his culture (Rodriguez, 2004). This is a very interesting concept and indicates that
for Rodriguez, home was a special place, one in which the gringo world did not intrude. Rodriguez also notes that he and his family lived in Sacramento, only a block
from some very nice (and expensive) homes, and that outside of a few taunts, he never heard anything that made him think he didnt belong there (2004). His parents worked
hard and coped very well; they were "nobodys victims" (Rodriguez, 2004, p. 10). It never occurred to them, says Rodriguez, "that they couldnt live wherever they chose. Nor was the
Sacramento of the fifties bend on teaching them a contrary lesson" (Rodriguez, 2004, p. 10). A few people did try to make the family feel unwelcome but they failed in
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