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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Rising Action: People investigate. A young man yells down the hole to see if it was a fox hole or something. He then throws down pebble to hear when it hits the ground but they never herd it. The scientist tries to figure out what it is and how it got there. Some one tries to use rope to see how deep it is. When they figure it´s an extremely big hole, the mayor gives it away and people start throwing in old diaries, old newspapers, garbage nuclear waste and anything else they do not want.
Climax: When the village starts to get bigger because of all the people who want to work for the man who owns the hole and they have to build more buildings. One day a construction worker, was standing on top of the building and looked up at the sky because he thought he heard someone say ¨H-Hey, come on ou-t¨ Then a pebble falls from the sky as well but he fails to notice.
Falling action: There really isn´t one. The story leaves us readers to figure out what happened.
Resolution: There really isn´t one. The story leaves us readers to figure out what happened.
Hope this helps!
The correct option is this: I LOVE DISCUSSING BOOKS WITH WHOEVER LIKES TO READ MYSTERIES AND SCIENCE FICTION.
An adjective is a part of speech that describes, quantifies or identify a noun or pronoun. An adjective gives more information about a noun. In the correct option given above, the adjective 'whoever' describes the kind of person that the speaker likes to discuss books with.
The correct answer is B. Irony.
Explanation
Sarcasm is a concept that refers to a cruel mockery that offends or mistreats someone or something. Sarcasm is a kind of irony that appeals to the humor with wit. However, it is malicious as it seeks to hurt the recipient. Also, it is expressed in an obvious way or through indirect or covert criticism. On the other hand, the irony is a disguised mockery that consists of making sense of the opposite of what is said through a certain intonation or body language. To conclude, sarcasm and irony are related, however, sarcasm is characterized by being more aggressive or offensive. So the correct answer is B. Irony.
