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Review Of Hunger Of Memory: The Education Of Richard Rodriguez

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Jailene Rizo
Ms. Maryanow
English 126
3 December 2015

Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez
This autobiography is a poetic reflection on Rodriquez's attainment of the language he had to speak with rich detail about Rodriquez becoming a man. The book took place in Sacramento, California. "I remember to start with that day in Sacramento-a California now nearly thirty years past…" (9). He is telling the story around his thirty's. The book has a reflective and educational theme. Rodriguez reflects on his struggle with the English and Spanish languages. In the interim, there was numerous obstacle's life threw at Rodriguez while he was trying to get his education. The message is even though …show more content…

Then, Rodriguez is placed in a catholic school. A couple days later, his teacher arrives at his house telling his parents that they need to speak more English at home. For the reason being, they are doing poor in school. Richard comes to conclusion that his success in life is based on how education changed him. In addition, separating Rodriguez from the life he had before becoming a student. Rodriguez becomes distant with his parents. For the reason being that, they were not as skilled as his teachers. Throughout the middle of the book he shares how being catholic shaped his whole day. They attended mass every Sunday before he joined Stanford. He claims how church conquered his education. Rodriguez later states how humiliated he was of his complexion. He hated how dark he was. Rodriguez later gets a summer job in construction.
Just before the end of the book, he comprehends that he is standing as a "minority student" and is uneasy by it. He then gets articles published on how he was uncomfortable being a beneficiary. He refused to take any steady teaching job offered to him because of his minority status, infuriating his professors and parents. Rodriguez wasn't quite certain if he wanted to wright the autobiography. So he decided to publish short stories as an alternative. At the end, his mother is furious at him because he published it, letting everyone especially los gringos identify how his education …show more content…

Rodriguez. She was born in Mexico and immigrated to the U.S. She lived the middle class lifestyle. Mrs. Rodriguez was full of optimism and hoped for their family's prospect. She had superior English skills than her husband Mr. Rodriguez. She was a house wife when her kids where young. "My mother managed at home" (10) Richard described her as a hardworking mom who has tried to give her kids a better life in Sacramento. Trying her toughest to thrive in the American way of life. She always pushed her son to do his utmost. Not until she found out that her son was writing about her family and got very frantic with him. She claimed she didn't want los gringos to know about their

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