Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez:由李察罗德里格兹记忆的饥饿PPT课件下载推荐.pptx
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HungerofMemoryby:
@#@RichardRodriguezPurposeofautobiography:
@#@totellabouthowRodriguezseducationmovedhimfromboyhoodtomanhood.RodriguezsjourneystartedasayoungchildinSacramento,Californiainasmallhousein“acomfortablewhiteneighborhood.”Rodriguezsfamilywasnotdescribedas“well-to-do,”buthisparentsfoundthemoneytosendtheirchildrentoCatholicschools.Neitherparenthadeducationpastelementaryschool.Rodriguez,couldbarelyspeakEnglishwhenhestartedelementaryschool.FinishedhisacademiceffortsasaFulbrightscholarinRenaissanceliteraturewithdegreesfromStanfordUniversityandColumbiaUniversity.Rodriguezsjourneyin“HungerofMemory”explainshowhegaveuphisMexicanidentityinordertoaccesstheWesternculture.Theuseoftwolanguagesmarkedthedifferencebetweenhispubliclifeandhisprivatelifeasachild.WhenRodriguezwasayoungchild,hespokeprimarilySpanish.Spanishwasthecomfortablelanguageofhishomelife.Englishwasthelanguageheheardspokenbystrangersoutsidethehome.WhenRodriguezattendedaCatholicelementaryschool,histeacherswereconcernedaboutRodriguezspoorperformance.Teachers(nuns)askparentstospeakonlyEnglishinthehome.Thiseventchangeseverything,includinghowhefeelsathomewithhisparents.AtfirstheisfrustratedwithspeakingonlyEnglish.SocialDominanceTheorystartstoimpacttheRodriguezfamilythrough“De-Mexicanization”(subtractiveschooling)bysubtractingstudentscultureandlanguage(inthiscasehisentirefamiliescultureissubtracted.)HisteachersalsohadCaringrelationsaboutschool,butnotabouttheindividualstudent.HungerofMemoryby:
@#@RichardRodriguez“OneSaturdaymorning,IenteredthekitchenwheremyparentsweretalkinginSpanish.IdidnotrealizetheyweretalkinginSpanishhoweveruntil,atthemomenttheysawme,IheardtheirvoiceschangetospeakEnglish.”(Rodriguez,R.HungerofMemory.)QuickTime?
@#@andaTIFF(Uncompressed)decompressorareneededtoseethispicture.“Ifeltmythroattwistedbyunsoundedgrief.IhadnoplacetoescapetowithSpanish.MybrothersandsisterswerespeakingEnglishinanotherpartofthehouse.Iwasobligedtohearmymotherandfather:
@#@Speaktouseningles.”SocialDominanceTheoryInRodriguezsLifeAtfirst,RodriguezfeltthattheEnglishlanguageisapubliclanguageofotherpeople,andthathewasnotallowedtospeak.At7years-old,ashestartstospeakEnglishinhishomeandschool,hestartstobelievethatheisanAmericancitizen,notaMexicanimmigrantseparatedanddifferentfromlosgringos.(Slangword,meansforeigner.)AsRichardseducationadvances,theclosenessofhisfamilystartstodisappear.SocialDominanceTheoryContinued.HowspeakingonlyEnglishimpactstheRodriguezFamilyRichardandhissiblingsstayoutlaterandspendtimewiththekidsatschoolandintheneighborhood,insteadofathome.HismothergrowsmoreconfidentspeakingEnglishandconvincesherhusbandtobuyatelephone.Thewordgringolosesitspreviousmeaning.Now,itonlymeansanAmerican,whoisnotHispanic.Thefamilycommunicatesless,becauseRichardsparentshaveahardtimeunderstandingtheEnglishthatheandhissiblingsspeakmorefluently.Richardsmothertriestomakesmalltalkandcommunicatemorewiththechildren.Hisfatherbecomesquietandshy,oftenallowingRichardsmothertospeakfortheminpublicplaces,becauseofhisembarrassmentwhenspeakingtheEnglishlanguage.HearingfamiliesspeakSpanishsaddensRichard,buthethinksthat,inordertofullyembracetheEnglishlanguageandaplaceinpublicsociety,onehastolosesomething.RichardfeelsthathelosthisfamilyclosenessforhisplaceasanEnglishspeaker.RichardsfamilyandrelativesstarttocallhimPocho,aSpanishwordthatmeansanAmericanwhoforgetstheirnativelanguage,becausehenolongerspeaksSpanishwithconfidence.Summary:
@#@SocialDominanceTheoryinRodriguezsLifeGaveuphisownidentityasaMexicaninordertoaccesstheWesternculture.InanInterviewin1997withScottLondonRodriguezstatedhisjourneywasnotwithoutcosts:
@#@hisAmericanidentitywasonlyachievedafterapainfulseparationfromhispast,hisfamily,andhisculture.Americansliketotalkabouttheimportanceoffamilyvalues,saysRodriguez.ButAmericaisntacountryoffamilyvalues;@#@Mexicoisacountryoffamilyvalues.Thisisacountryofpeoplewholeavehome.”RodriguezfeelsthathelostsomethingwhenheandhisfamilybecameincreasinglyAmericanizedBUT-hediscussesthattherewerealsothingsgained.Onebeing“apublicidentityRodriguezfelthehadtomakeachoicebetweenpursuingagoodeducationbyreleasinghisnativebackground,orpursuingaclosenesswithhisfamily.(Whichwouldmeannotbecoming“Americanized”)Hedoesnotassociatehisparentswitheducation(andhefeelsaguiltforthisfeeling.)AdditionalImportantPartsof“HungerofMemory”.Hedoesnotagreewithbilingualeducationprop