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| Name: |
Richard Rodriguez | | Birth Date: |
July 31, 1944 | | Nationality: |
American | | Ethnicity: |
Chicano, Mexican American, Hispanic American | | Gender: |
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 Biography of Richard Rodriguez
1,474 words, approx. 5 pages
 In 1981 Richard Rodriguez burst onto the publishing scene with his autobiography, Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez . Its success can be attributed to the author's antagonism to bilingual education and affirmative action and the... summary from source:
Biography of Richard Rodriguez
3,556 words, approx. 12 pages
 Richard Rodriguez's life and writing are about balance and paradox--the joining together of seemingly irreconcilable differences. In his life as a writer he balances between journalism, particularly broadcast journalism, and essay writing, particularly... 
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 Richard Rodriguez Quotes
2,143 words, approx. 7 pages
Richard Rodriguez (born 31 July 1944 ) Mexican-American writer, associate editor with the Pacific News Service in San Francisco, an essayist for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer , and a contributing editor for Harper's magazine and the Los Angeles Times....
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 Richard Rodriguez Information
1,837 words, approx. 6 pages
Richard Rodriguez (born 31 July 1944) is a Mexican-American writer who became famous for his 1981 book, Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (ISBN 0-553-27293-4), a narrative about his development as a literate, American...
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 Sunday News Lancaster, PA Richard Rodriguez to lecture at MU
09/26/2004: 559 words, approx. 2 pages Author and essayist Richard Rodriguez, who rejected Affirmative Action and bilingualism in his controversial autobiography "Hunger of Memory," will give the Latino Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, in Lyte Auditorium, Alumni Hall, Millersville University. The Mexican American's latest book is "Brown,"... summary from source:
Bilingual Review The art of being Richard Rodriguez.(Critical Essay)
01/01/2003: 11,747 words, approx. 39 pages At times, I proposed contrary ideas.--from Hunger of Memory 1 In 1982, The Village Voice book editor asked me to choose my next assignment from a stack of new titles. On top was Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez,...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Kevin R. McNamara
7,916 words, approx. 26 pages
In the following essay, McNamara discusses the various forms of cultural identity that Rodriguez describes in Days of Obligation, particularly the concept of double consciousness within San Francisco's homosexual community.
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Critical Essay by Norma Tilden
7,738 words, approx. 26 pages
In the following essay, Tilden discusses Rodriguez's views on homosexuality and the role of the Catholic Church as both a censor and a solicitor in his essay “Late Victorians.”
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Critical Essay by Paige Schilt
7,359 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following essay, Schilt studies the pastoral qualities of several of the essays in Days of Obligation.
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 Essay Grade: 96%Mexico vs. California in "Days of Obligation"
1,290 words, approx. 4 pages
The introduction to Richard Rodriguez's "Days of Obligation" is a comparison of Mexico and California by the author, a Mexican Catholic. He describes the functions of religions in Mexico and California and the differences in hope and optimism. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 86%Christmas with Richard Rodriguez
899 words, approx. 3 pages
Discusses a passage written by Richard Rodriguez in which the author recaps spending the Christmas season at home with the family. Explores how Rodriguez depicts the American dream. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 78%Richard Rodriguez and Days of Obligation
510 words, approx. 2 pages
Rodriguez utilizes the images of California and Mexico to exemplify his conflicting metaphorical views on "comedy" and "tragedy", using the images to demonstrate how he intends to compromise the two views.
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