Hunger of memory

Order Description
Reading Response n. 4, Chapter 3: Credo
Book: Hunger of Memory, Richard Rodriguez (1983)

SLST-T101: ALD II

Part I. Definition.

Quote the definition of the following words. Make sure to include the quoted definition, an APA-style in-text citation and an APA-style reference citation.

1. Catholic

2. Mediator

Paraphrase the definition of the following words.

3. Secular

4. Religion

Part II. Searching for Evidence.

Find the strongest quote (of a one-two sentences in length) that supports each claim. Think of each claim as a paragraph’s topic sentence and the quote as evidence for it.

1. Claim: Rodriguez’s Catholicism is important to him.

Evidence:

Evidence:

Section I.

2. Claim: Rodriguez perceives a stark contrast between Irish Catholicism and Mexican Catholicism.

Evidence:

Evidence:

3. Claim: “Public” Catholicism in Rodriguez’s life discouraged independent thought.

Evidence:

Evidence:

Section II.

4. Claim: In one way, Catholicism allowed for the creation of an “Us” that united Rodriguez’s public and private life and a “Them” of the outside world.

Evidence:

Evidence:

Part III. Interpreting Evidence.

Explain the meaning of each of the following quotes.

1. “For non-Catholics, it seemed, there was all white and no yolk.”

Section I.

2. “When all else was different for me… between the two worlds of my life, the Church provided an essential link.”

3. “Stressing memorization, my teachers implied that education is largely a matter of acquiring knowledge already discovered.”

Section II.

4. “In a way, this is how I felt with all fellow Catholics in my world. We were close – somehow related – while also distanced by careful reserve.”

5. “For my part, I will always be grateful to the Church that took me so seriously and exposed me so early, through the liturgy, to the experience of life.”

Section III.

6. “We believe. We believe. We believe. This assurance is necessary because, in a sense, it is no longer true.”

Part IV. Extension.

At the beginning of Rodriguez’s life, religion is everything. As he becomes an adult, its role minimizes. Describe an experience that you have had in which an idea or institution was important to you early and then less important later, and compare your feelings about it to his.

Order Description
Reading Response n. 4, Chapter 3: Credo
Book: Hunger of Memory, Richard Rodriguez (1983)

SLST-T101: ALD II

Part I. Definition.

Quote the definition of the following words. Make sure to include the quoted definition, an APA-style in-text citation and an APA-style reference citation.

1. Catholic

2. Mediator

Paraphrase the definition of the following words.

3. Secular

4. Religion

Part II. Searching for Evidence.

Find the strongest quote (of a one-two sentences in length) that supports each claim. Think of each claim as a paragraph’s topic sentence and the quote as evidence for it.

1. Claim: Rodriguez’s Catholicism is important to him.

Evidence:

Evidence:

Section I.

2. Claim: Rodriguez perceives a stark contrast between Irish Catholicism and Mexican Catholicism.

Evidence:

Evidence:

3. Claim: “Public” Catholicism in Rodriguez’s life discouraged independent thought.

Evidence:

Evidence:

Section II.

4. Claim: In one way, Catholicism allowed for the creation of an “Us” that united Rodriguez’s public and private life and a “Them” of the outside world.

Evidence:

Evidence:

Part III. Interpreting Evidence.

Explain the meaning of each of the following quotes.

1. “For non-Catholics, it seemed, there was all white and no yolk.”

Section I.

2. “When all else was different for me… between the two worlds of my life, the Church provided an essential link.”

3. “Stressing memorization, my teachers implied that education is largely a matter of acquiring knowledge already discovered.”

Section II.

4. “In a way, this is how I felt with all fellow Catholics in my world. We were close – somehow related – while also distanced by careful reserve.”

5. “For my part, I will always be grateful to the Church that took me so seriously and exposed me so early, through the liturgy, to the experience of life.”

Section III.

6. “We believe. We believe. We believe. This assurance is necessary because, in a sense, it is no longer true.”

Part IV. Extension.

At the beginning of Rodriguez’s life, religion is everything. As he becomes an adult, its role minimizes. Describe an experience that you have had in which an idea or institution was important to you early and then less important later, and compare your feelings about it to his.