Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 177 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 177 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Middle Class Pastoral

• Rodriguez describes himself as a "socially disadvantaged" child who grew up under the watchful eyes of his parents.

• He is writing the book 30 years later, as a middle-class American surrounded by rich people.

• He realizes early on that his education would separate him from his parents.

• He sees the difference in language as part of that separation -- the rich people around him now pronounce his name differently than his family did.
• He is writing the book to analyze how he came from a lower-class background to become the person he is today.

• He is conflicted about his education.

• He implies that his family did not have the same education he did.

Aria, Chapter 1

• Rodriguez describes his first day of school as a child with limited English skills.

• School reinforces his idea that English was a public language and Spanish was a private language.

• His...

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