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Summary Of Achievement Of Desire By Richard Rodriguez

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In the “Achievement of Desire”, Richard Rodriguez, shows how hard it is for a scholarship boy to balance academic world and the life of a working class family. As a child, Richard Rodriguez was always a really good student who got many awards due to his hard work at school. On the other hand, he also had to sacrifice his relationship with friends or with his family to achieve that many awards or to be that exceptional student that he was. Initially he was undecided because he was “enormously obedient to the dictates of the world school, but emotionally still strongly wants to continue as part of the family circle” (48). However, Rodriguez’s desire of learning was stronger than being with his family. Rodriguez would rather spend his time with

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