Richard Rodriguez no longer a "Scholarship Boy"?.
Richard Hoggart's book, The Uses of Literacy, provides his definition of the "scholarship boy"; Richard Rodriguez experiences what it is like to be a sholarship boy and shares his life story in his essay "The Achievement of Desire". Changed by Hoggart's essay, "A Scholarship Boy," Rodriguez explains what experiences he goes through and the sacrifices he makes during his adolescence to be a scholarship boy. In doing this Rodriguez pulls passages and quotes to insert throughout his writing to compare himself to Hoggart's definition. Hoggart appears to act as Rodriguez's guide by showing him the description of the scholarship boy. Rodriguez takes on Hoggart's ideas in his essay and uses them in a powerful way, not by repeating what Hoggart has said, instead by using it as a frame to relate and also dispute Hoggart's ideas.
Hoggart can be considered as Rodriguez's teacher and higher authority because Hoggart is the one who introduces Rodriguez to the scholarship boy. Rodriguez discovers the description of the scholarship boy which defines his life and is enlightened. In this passage Rodriguez describes his realization:.
leafing through Richard Hoggart's The Uses of Literacy, I found, in his description of the scholarship boy, myself. For the first time I realized that there were other students like me, and so I was able to frame the meaning of my academic success, its consequent price-- the loss. (654).
Hoggart is giving Rodriguez the definition of the scholarship boy and Rodriguez is putting Hoggart's ideas to use in his essay "The Achievement of Desire". Rodriguez makes reference to Hoggart's description which Rodriguez says "is distinguished, at least initially, by deep understanding."(654) Rodriguez adds in his own personal life experiences to give the reader not only the facts but also real life understanding of the scholarship boy.
Richard Rodriguez is one of America's most celebrated essayist and journalist. ... Rodriguez is the son of Mexican immigrants, and is the third of four children. ... Rodriguez attended a daily tutoring session to help the progress of his 2. ... Soto that Rodriguez has no idea what he is debating about. ... Also, Julie Cruz agrees with Moreno about the work of Rodriguez. ...
That is exactly how Richard Rodriguez's life was like. ... Although Rodriguez doesn't go in as much detail in describing the scholarship boy as Hoggart does, he does state some facts about his life that almost force the reader to blame Rodriguez for his isolation. ... The truth is, Rodriguez doesn't even try. ... The reader can only look upon Rodriguez as a selfish, unappreciative person. ... Rodriguez labeled himself as a "scholarship boy" to mask his own faults. ...
This is an academic summary of an essay by Richard Rodriguez, "Achievement of Desire". We are to summarize Rodriguez's essay and then expand on it using a recent personal experience. ... As a child, Rodriguez was the exception to the stereotypical student coming from a working class family. ... Rodriguez's parents had very little schooling. ... In becoming the scholarship boy Rodriguez had lost all connection with his family. ...
After I had heard what others had to say about it and after Rodriguez's speech I realized that I could relate to it in some ways. One of the main topics Richard Rodriguez brought up in his book, Hunger of Memory, was his disagreement with bilingual education. ... Rodriguez could not see how such a program could benefit a child in this way. ... I can fully understand Rodriguez's opposition of this issue; this program would do nothing but create more obstacles for an already alienated child. ... I did not understand why Rodriguez placed such importance on the fact that he was now...
Richard Rodriguez is not an exception. ... When looking from the viewpoint of a mature man Richard Rodriguez realizes many facts about his upbringing and particularly academic life. ... Having accomplished his degree, Rodriguez says that what it brings him is the ability to speak and care about that fact. ... Richard Rodriguez, on the contrary, becomes more and more ambitious. ... What Rodriguez is saying is that even though he knew how they would accept his behavior, he did not make things easier for them. ...
However, Whitecloud remarkably draws himself closer to his native people, unlike Rodriguez who in order to be a "scholarship boy" had to isolate himself with his native Hispanic roots. ... However, as Rodriguez returns home from college, the reunion with his family his quite different, with his family not nearly being as open, while his conversation with them playing out more closely like an interview than a family discussion, "We tried to make our conversation seem like more than an interview" (Rodriguez, 606). ... However, just like how Whitecloud's approach differed with...
Rodriguez's family provided him with a prejudice background. ... (Rodriguez 456). ... Rodriguez observes or imagines their "freedom to violate the taboo of the sun" (Rodriguez 456). ... Rodriguez shows this when he states, "I decided, however, not to tell my parents" (Rodriguez 459). ... Unlike Cecilia, Rodriguez didn't follow his parent's tradition. ...
It is interesting to compare how the two authors Rodriguez and Freire looked at the educational system differently. ... Consider the following quote by Rodriguez. ... Rodriguez admits that even though he has an addiction to learning he was also weak at creating and inventing his own ideas, as he allowed himself to be filled "with the contents of narration". Friere is evidently proven to be correct according to Rodriguez's own words. ... This is contradictory to Freire as Rodriguez has adopted his own views or he would not be able to analyze his learning process in a negative light,...
Rodriguez wrote about how he wants to become more like his teachers. ... (Rodriguez, p. 656) To Rodriguez he saw his teachers as role models and admired them for their intelligence. ... It was Rodriguez that achieved awards and medals for his academics. ... Rodriguez at times felt superior to everyone else. ... Rodriguez was influenced when he was younger by his teachers. ...
