When Rodriguez incorporates his true life stories and events, he makes what Hoggart is trying to describe all the more interesting for the reader. Rodriguez shows the reader an accurate depiction of what being a scholarship boy is really like, unlike Hoggart who provides only a dictionary definition giving just the facts. Rodriguez's story wouldn't be possible however without the expert Hoggart. Hoggart is the one who provides Rodriguez with the facts and definitions, and Rodriguez plays the role of the student concentrating on his experience as a scholarship boy. .
Rodriguez's essay might be looked at as a copy of Hoggart's ideas and a copy of what he has to say. However for Rodriguez to build his knowledge he just like anyone else would have to base it upon existing ideas. Looking at Rodriguez's essay closely will prove that Rodriguez doesn't agree with everything Hoggart has to say. In Rodriguez's essay he states that Hoggart's account is "more accurate than fair." The meaning of this could be that Rodriguez sees Hoggart's ideas as flawed and doesn't agree with everything he has to say. The facts Hoggart includes about a scholarship boy are correct, but the general description is more negative than it really has to be. Separating Rodriguez from Hoggart is also view on the outcome and future of the scholarship boy. Hoggart claims in his essay that the scholarship boy: .
As a result, when it comes to the end of the series of set-pieces, when he is at last put out to raise his eyes to a world of tangible and unaccommodating things, of elusive and disconcerting human beings, he finds himself with little inner momentum. (896) .
Rodriguez admits that he was a scholarship boy and fits what Hoggart defines as a scholarship boy (670) but as we can see he has moved on from that stage in his life. .
Rodriguez believes that he has succeeded in life. We know this because he asks "How did I manage my success?"(654) Rodriguez therefore believes the scholarship boy can be a success.
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. ...
