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    Lisa Crowley

    Mr. Jung
    AP Language; Period 1
    May 4, 2010
    Hunger of Memory Prompt

    In Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez, it talks about the


    struggles held when adapting to the American language. Take a side of
    whether it is true that sometime you must adapt yourself to fit into a
    certain culture. Bring in clear and specific examples.

    “In public, my father and mother spoke a hesitant, accented, not


    always grammatical English. And they would have to strain—their
    bodies tense—to catch the sense of what was rapidly said by los
    gringos. At home they spoke Spanish. The language of their Mexican
    past sounded in counterpoint to the English of public society. The
    words would come quickly, with ease. Conveyed through those sounds
    was the pleasing, soothing, consoling reminder of being at home.
    During those years when I was first conscious of hearing, my
    mother and father addressed me only in Spanish; in Spanish I learned
    to reply. By contrast, English (ingles), rarely heard in the house, was
    the language I came to associate with gringos. I learned my first
    words of English overhearing my parents speak to strangers. At five
    years of age, I knew just enough English for my mother to trust me on
    errands to stores one block away. No more.”

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