Aria Memoir Of A Bilingual Childhood Summary
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The essay “Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” (1982), Richard Rodriguez, argues that intimacy is dependent on the person and relationship, not on the language being spoken. To develop his thesis, speaks to how bilingual education can causes separation in society or creation of private identities and he is examples from cases that happened with his family and friends. One specific example involves his grandma who only speak spanish and he explains “ however, that thought I knew how to translate exactly what she had tol me… This message of intimacy could never be translate”(91). Rodriguez uses these examples in order to convince others that speaking English is the key to success and won't result in a loss of intimacy. His audience is the