Gonzalez proceeds to tell the tale of his family members such as his grandmother and grandfather, the hardships his grandmother as to ensue after her late husband perished, and the children that were left standing after their siblings perished due to diseases. The chapter also serves the purpose as it recalls the history of Puerto Rico that many of us hadn’t heard of,…
Mr. Escalante also worked on building a close relationship with his students since the first day. To overcome their belief and self-esteem, Mr. Escalante started off by letting them know that he comes from the same background as them. Instead of having a formal relationship with his students, he got on the same wavelength as them and got to know them and care for them. An example is the relationship he has with Angel Guzman. Although Angel gives him trouble since the first day, Mr. Escalante sees the potential in Angel.…
00:00:00 - Introduction/ Education Play Description: Maximo presents himself and talks about his childhood. Maximo is a first native from Mexico. He lived on a mountain near Puebla, Mexico. He explains how he discovered his passion for education and despite difficulties was able to finish school as one of the best students.…
Dade lived his life between his father and mother. His father was a man who planned out his life, and he wanted Dade to be just like him. Dade's mother was a dreamer, and she wanted Dade to dream and do something great. She believed that he was destined for limited fame. As you can see, Dade was torn between the desires and wishes of his parents.…
He has a profound insight into his world and experiences; but he is unreliable. Rodriguez is only able to recount his own personal experiences growing up; which makes him a small sample. He is unable to speak for most of the people like him; although he cannot provide statistics or stories from other “scholarship” kids he does share stories as to why he felt he needed to keep his school life and family life separate. “And, unlike many middle-class children, he goes home and sees in his parents a way of life, not only different but starkly opposed to that of the classroom. (He enters the house and hears his parents talking in ways his teachers discourage)”…
Rodriguez uses his own personal experience to strengthen this argument…
This might create some tension throughout the story. The parents might act like Ramon. For example, in the blog, “We arrived from Chicago last week. It was very difficult to say goodbye to my friends and my old life” (Suarez 1). The parents would be nervous that they have made the wrong decision for themselves and their family.…
The writer uses a tone similar to if he was speaking to a friend. This type of tone is useful because it helps the reader feel comfortable and able to understand the claims from the author’s point of view. With this tone comes a simplistic use of the English language, in fact Rodriguez spent years of education studying the English language (Moyers 2003). Compared to a formal essay, this piece of writing is able to convey its meaning in a friendly straightforward way, which is effective in order to connect with the…
In his essay, “The Achievement of Desire”, Richard Rodriguez shares an emotional narrative to convince his readers of the great changes students go through during the academic process. He injects his pathos and simple language into this essay for the purpose of appealing to a substantial audience. He used the writings of Richard Hoggart in Hoggart’s book, The Uses of Literacy, to back up his strong opinions on what a scholarship boy is and how the working class endures more struggles while they strive for academic success. He quotes from Hoggart’s book often in his essay in order to persuade the reader that nostalgia towards his family life, prior to schooling, is common among students from the working class. Rodriguez uses “The Achievement…
He was even unaware of the colossal influence these books were. They were, in a way, dominating his personal point of view, which in fact, he did not even have. He did not have a personal view due to his identity crisis. Instead of creating a self-formulated view, he imitated and reproduced what he learned and read. During his schooling years, one could say Rodriguez resembled a sponge.…
Alvarez shows us in the depths of the Hispanic culture set in the conflict of the Trujillo dictatorship. The conflict in the story is what gave Alvarez the opportunity to highlight the true Hispanic culture: a family in distress, how they are brave, and deeply care for each other. The de la Torre are a tight-knit Hispanic family who is living under the rule of El Jefe. The family in the story shows us how to be brave, with strong family bonds. Strong family bonds in the Hispanic culture is comparable to other cultures.…
“Opposites attract” can summarize the relationship of Monin and Pablo. You would have never known they have been in a relationship with each other for fourteen years, along with seven kids. The only thing they have in common is that they’re both Puerto Rican! There has been a very unhealthy cycle going on as well. They start off content with each other and their life, then they have a severe argument, Pablo leaves for several days, and then returns.…
Miguel was not just my cousin, he was my older brother, my best friend and my hero. I had known Miguel my whole life, we grew up together, like brother and sister. I did not believe it, I was in shock, I guess you could say I did not want to believe it. I woke up that morning with the intention of having another regular Monday at school but little did I know how much my life was about to turn upside down. Miguel had not came home the…
Lola life was unusual for someone else in Tizon family’s members. Tizon in order to develop his purpose of exposing his family’s secret in “My Family’s Slave” Alex Tizon incorporates an anecdote and analogy. In “My family’s Slave”, the author Alex Tizon uses an anecdote to expose his family secret. A secret that was revealed after several years later.…
The story of ABNKKBSNPLAKo?! is an autobiography of the author Bob Ong starting from his school days, his experiences on his first day of grade school to his disastrous university experience and the climax to his entry into the education sector himself, as a teacher. The book is originally written in Tagalog, the language of the Philippines. The autobiography’s title is meant to be read phonetically, as “Aba, nakakabasa na pala ako?!” which when translated to English means, “Wow, I can actually read now?!” Bob Ong is a Filipino, but that name is a pseudonym and his true identity is anonymous.…