ES 323 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pocho
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Essay questions: how did his formal education affect his cultural identity and his self-image? a. It separates him from his cultural ties/closeness to his culture & family i. Loss of language to communicate: silence at dinner/at home, unable to communicate with family members at parties or social events a. My mother met the wrath of her brother, her only brother, when he came up from mexico one summer with his family. He saw his nieces and nephews for the very first time. Gained confidence to speak up in class, answer all the teachers" questions. Opened up his love for reading & learning: also creates an identity crisis i. ii. He"s lost his closeness/comfort of his culture at home. Language has been the great subject of my life. In college and graduate school, i was registered as an english major. but well before then, from my first day of school, i was a student of language.
