Richard Rodriguez’s “The Achievement of Desire” John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation

The Assignment:

This assignment rests entirely with your ability to discuss Paul from the
vantage point of Rodriguez’s expanded Scholarship Boy model. You’ll
want to take into account as well how race/ethnicity, social class,
assimilation, and language work their ways into Paul’s plight, as he
attempts to escape his social position, similar to how Rodriguez
described in his own educational autobiography. And assume your
reader is familiar with the works in order to avoid unnecessary summary
in your body paragraphs. The focus, then, is the Scholarship Boy model
and how Paul represents it. And with that, good luck.
Context:
Certainly the primary drive that propels Richard Rodriguez’s “The
Achievement of Desire” centers on the idea of the Scholarship Boy, a phrase
borrowed from Richard Hoggart’s The Uses of Literacy. However, Rodriguez
expands Hoggart’s definition of the (white, “working-class”) Scholarship Boy to
include the complications that arise for a Scholarship Boy from a different race
and ethnicity, one who is also trying to assimilate, but not simply into a higher
class but a dominant culture entirely foreign to the one he (or she) enjoys at
home.
This idea of alienation from the mainstream, dominant culture is also
represented in various ways in John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation. The
central character, Paul “Poitier-Kittredge,” becomes fixated on assimilating into
the dominant culture (represented by Flan & Ouisa Kittredge) that has so far
excluded him, and we see throughout the film examples of a character (Paul)
who cultivates the Scholarship Boy’s ability to become “the great mimic; a
collector of thoughts, not a thinker,” to use Rodriguez’s parlance from his chapter.
Essay Topic Question
HOW and/or WHY is Paul from
Six Degrees of Separation a
representation of Richard
Rodriguez’s Scholarship Boy, as
described in the chapter
excerpt, “The Achievement of
Desire,” while taking into
account race/ethnicity, social
class, assimilation, and
language in your response?

Do you need help with this paper? 🏆 - Let us help you write it!

Why Choose Our Essay Writing Service?

  • ✅ Original writing: Our expert writers will write each paper from scratch, ensuring complete originality, zero plagiarism and AI free content.
  • ✅ Expert Writers: Our seasoned professionals are ready to deliver top-quality papers tailored to your needs.
  • ✅ Guaranteed Good Grades: Impress your professors with outstanding work.
  • ✅ Fast Turnaround: Need it urgently? We've got you covered!
  • ✅ 100% Confidentiality: Customer privacy is our number one priority. Your identity is anonymous to our writers.
🎓 Why wait? Let us help you succeed! Our Writers are waiting..

Get started

Starts at $9 /page

How our paper writing service works

It's very simple!

  • Fill out the order form

    Complete the order form by providing as much information as possible, and then click the submit button.

  • Choose writer

    Select your preferred writer for the project, or let us assign the best writer for you.

  • Add funds

    Allocate funds to your wallet. You can release these funds to the writer incrementally, after each section is completed and meets your expected quality.

  • Ready

    Download the finished work. Review the paper and request free edits if needed. Optionally, rate the writer and leave a review.