Compare And Contrast Hoggart And Richard Rodriguez

Rodriguez and Hoggart’s opinions of a “scholarship boy” are very in many ways yet contain underlying differences due to the fact that they both have their own unique opinion.Rodriguez generalizes by speaking in third person about the “scholarship boy” you can see the relationship between his overall ideas and his personal experience. He introduces Hoggart by providing a quote that states, “Perhaps as early as the night he brings home an assignment from school and finds the house too noisy for study” (548). A large quote is introduced and it almost seems as if there is no outside point of view being taken in. Rather, just an indented version of Rodriguez’s thoughts on the matter. Rodriguez continues Hoggart’s statement by saying, “The next day,

In contrast to Rodriguez’s first usage of Hoggart, Rodriguez decides to introduce his next Quote by Hoggart saying, “Richard Hoggart imagines how, at home,” (555) and then proceeds into the quotation. Even though there is no emphasis on this statement it depicts the difference between Rodriguez and Hoggart. Hoggard created his own interpretation of the “scholarship boy”, while Rodriguez is basing it off of his personal expriences. Recognizing the difference between the two writers goes alongg the same lines of Rodriguez finally realizing the burden his academic desire put on his

It symbolizes his adjustment from a student who could only imitate to an adult who is now able to recognize the toll his false aspirations took on his family. Hoggart and Rodriguez’s strongest agreement on the scholarship boy’s family hardship is that there is a “loss of balance” (549). Rodriguez begins to subtly stray away from the idea of a “loss of balance” when he admits to the drastic change in the relationship with his family. Rodriguez says that, “school grew more and more attractive to me…I spoke to classmates and teachers more often each day than to family members “ (Rodriguez 550). Rodriguez describes and admits to the feeling school had instilled in him. He finally says, “I never forgot that schooling had irretrievably changed my family’s life. That knowledge; however, did not weaken my ambition” (550).Here Rodriguez shows a loss of balance in his family’s relationships. He emphasizes his academic desires as the most vital part of his life. Though there is one aspect of his childhood that strongly contradicts and overpowers all of his previous points that agree with Hoggart’s own ideas. Rodriguez states that, “I tightened my grip on pencil and books. I evaded nostalgia. Tried hard to forget. But one does not forget by trying to forget. One only remembers. I remembered too well that education had changed my family’s life. I would not have become a scholarship boy had I not so often remembered” (550). These final few