“Wish Fulfillment” by Richard Rodriguez is a story within a story. Rodriguez sees in the fourteen-year-old, the only person who pays attention to what he says, the only person who catches his every word, whose eyes shine with enthusiasm and ambition, the boy who once did the same things to his teachers. His parents were not interested in his education and the language barrier was just one of the many obstacles that stood between him and his parents. Once a student, Rodriguez began living two different lives in two very different worlds. This difference manifests itself above all through the different mentalities, those of his teachers and his parents. Once he entered that classroom, Rodriguez's role models became his teachers. He came to idolize them. He spent more time with them than with his parents. He spoke more to his classmates than to his family. Rodriguez successfully accomplishes the rhetorical tasks through the effective use of appealing to the author's emotions and other rhetorical tools by showing the changes Rodriguez made because he dedicated himself to school. Rodriguez is present in two different ways in his essay; the schoolboy Rodriguez, completely immersed in the educational system, is the perfect example of the “scholarship holder”. It sets clear boundaries between school and home but does not balance the two as it gives more importance to the educational aspect rather than socialization with family and friends, "the balance is lost" (217). In fact, he rarely mentions his social life and friends because he doesn't have time for them. This passage appeals to the reader's emotion because the author is able to successfully incorporate the separation that Rodriguez is s......middle of paper......into the "education" he tells him. And the effect of education really changed him into what he is today, which is an educated person separated from his original culture and family. The figure of the boy with a scholarship is very intriguing. I personally believe that a boy with a scholarship in our time would be very different from a boy with a scholarship in the days of Hoggart and even Rodriguez. Rodriguez's lack of personal reflection leads him to immerse himself in educational issues with a different meaning. This is demonstrated by the fact that he does not create a personal opinion on things but rather imitates and reproduces what he learns. Rodriguez has changed significantly from the boy he was. Works Cited Rodriguez, Richard. "The fulfillment of the wish." Trans. Array reread America. .Sixth edition. Boston, Massachusetts: Bedford/St. Martin, 2004. 214-226. Press.