In section II of chapter two of Hunger of Memory, author Richard Rodriguez speaks in great depth about his love and hate relationship with books and living the life of a scholar. Being that he and his family were middle-class immigrants from Mexico, Rodriguez starts out by expressing the notice he took to his parent’s bilingual abilities in his childhood. Somewhat of a rarity, having both parents from a different country being able to speak at least a small amount of English, young Richard was relentless in the disappointment he showed toward his parent. Often he compared them to his teachers, who seemed to know much more than his mother and father. He knew that “reading was something done out of necessity” for his parents but to his teachers