Since Richard Rodriguez is a writer that emphasized his origins as the son of Mexican immigrants, but nevertheless was raised by the American academia and society. In the essay of Hunger of Memory, he stated how after being part of a socially disadvantaged family, that although it was very close, the extreme public alienation, made him feel in disadvantage to other children as he grew up. Due to this, 30 years later he pays essential attention to how from being a socially aligned to a Mexican immigrant child, he grew up to be an average American man. He analyses his persona from that social point of view of being different in the race but similar in the customs. Hence, the author finds himself struggling with his identity.
A good example of it, it’s the manner he introduces his last name. A Spanish rooted last name, which may seem difficult to pronounce to a native English speaker. The moment the author introduces himself and tries to clarify its pronunciation to an American person, he mentions how his parents are no longer his parents in a cultural sense.
His parents belong to a different culture, his parents grew up in a different context, they were raised with different values and ways; in that sense, Rodriguez culturally sees himself as an American, his education was different to his parents’. He doesn’t see his parents as his culture-educators, he adamantly rejects the idea that he might be able to claim "unbroken ties" to his inherited culture to the ones of White Americans who would anoint him to play out for them some drama of ancestral reconciliation. As the author said, “Perhaps because I am marked by the indelible color they easily suppose that I am unchanged by social mobility, that I can claim unbroken ties with my past.”
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The quote simply means that if one invests for a year, the person will get rice; if the person invests for ten years, he or she will get trees and for hundred years, the investment will yield people when contribute positively to the growth of the society.
The quote means that education takes time. It's not an investment that yield instant result like that of rice in a year. An example is when one has to go through nursery, primary, secondary or high school and later go to higher institution for their B.Sc programe. Even some go further for their Masters and PhD programmes. This shows that investing in education takes a longer period but it's definitely worth it.
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Moral definition: concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.
Morality definition: a particular system of values and principles of conduct, especially one held by a specified person or society.
I feel morals are what is keeping us from everything in a way.
Obligatory: required by a legal, moral, or other rule; compulsory.
Obligation: an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment.
These words mean to me that they are both required to do things.
Moral obligation is like a requirement with morals.
That phrase means to me that you are almost forced to fulfill your morals.
