Generational Journey Research Paper

By recording the lives and recounting the traditional trails of an immigrant population, the novel produces in an artistic yet authentic literary piece the spiritual history of a people thereby providing them a distinct cultural voice. The stories in the novel practically served to support and confirmed the hardships and brutalities that the immigrant Mexican farmers faced at work. In the story, “That It Hurts”, one boy was expelled from school because he was Mexican. While the predicament of the Mexican migrant workers is comparable to the slavery of the blacks earlier on in the history of America, the novel depicts a young man’s struggle for self-identification which ended with a reaffirmation of his bicultural predisposition as well as his patrimony and allegiance with America. The novel did not necessarily represent resentment against the Anglo culture and resistance. People should reconsider the maltreatment of immigrant workers and the discrimination of ethnic minorities in general. For instance, the novel did not directly criticize the Anglo culture but only uses it for comparative discussion of differences aimed to

Where will my adult journey start? My changing point in life will be the day I graduate from high school. I have already began changing my attitude towards life, however, I will not truly understand until after I graduate. I plan on doing what I love, while being surrounded by who I love at whatever stage in life. Some important doors will have to be opened and entered to achieve this. A couple of doors I have already went through are joining band in middle school, being in the high school marching band and becoming percussion captain. The journey of my life into adulthood I desire hinges on 5-7 major decisions.

Ever since I was a kid, my parents always talk about the hardship they went through to get here. From a house with ten siblings, no electricity, and barely any food, my dad manage to escape poverty and support his family by pursuing his passion in electronics. With his passion, he went to high school without an elementary education and barley passed. Afterwards he went directly into the workforce and continue to educate himself until how he is today.

What does my generation define on what it means to be an American? It all depends on where you were born, where you live currently, if you stand up for the pledge, and more. The U.S is where Americans thrive. Many Immigrants come from their countries to the U.S. for freedom, it’s been happening for centuries. Everyone in America is different, but three things I think my generation defines on what it means to be an American are if you are born in the U.S, if you live in the U.S currently, and if you stand up for the pledge.

As the generation of babies born after World War II are known as the baby boomers, my generation will likely still be referred to as the millennials. This is due to many of us being born around the turn of the millennium. However, my generation was also the first to have modern technology interrogated into our academics, vehicles, and all other aspects of our personal lives.

Growing up I had two influential individuals impact my life both positively and negatively, which would be my parents. It is to them, which I credit my accomplishments both inside and outside of school. Considering my parents are immigrants, they never got the education they desired; instead, they arrived to the United States with no English background. After all, most immigrants such as my parents vanished their country to build a life in America in order to supply their kids the advantage to obtain a higher education.

Richard Rodriguez had faced a lot of problems that most students in America do not have to deal with. Richard had to deal with parents that couldn’t help him in school and wanting to be successful academically. He had become embarrassed of his background and where he came from and did not want to embrace his culture.

I have committed myself to a journey of going back to school. It has been my dream to obtain a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. I was out of school for more than ten years since I was too busy helping my family financially. I was working two jobs to support my family here in the U.S and in the Philippines. When I met my girlfriend she made me realized that I need to make time and worry about myself because I always worry about other people.

Band is the best experience I had in my high school career. I remember the exact day when I made the Rummel/Chapelle Band. I was feeling so nervous for my audition because I did not know if I was going to make the band. I went for my audition in the director's office and played for them. I played two scales and one piece of music for them to judge me on. I came out of the office feeling relived because the audition was over, and I played wonderful. The director came out with me and told me and my parents that I had successful made the Rummel/Chapelle Band. I was so happy to start this new journey in my life. The very first thing in band is marching season. Marching season in one that is very fun and also very tiring.

The person that has probably influenced me the most throughout my life is my best friend, Jalen Williams. We grew up doing everything together ever since kindergarten. We’ve only had two of the same classes, in kinder and first grade, but outside of school we would hang out 24/7. There was even a period of time when I had to live with him for two years because of financial issues. Jalen has not only taught me what a great friendship is, but also how to find the brightside in any situation.

Most people have impacted my life, but one person particularly has impacted my life greatly. My granddad was the person that has impacted my life ever since I was born. Even though my grandpa has been dead for 10 years going on 11 he still impacts my life daily. Since we had a close relationship I always knew when he is around even though he is gone. He would have inspired me in ways that most people never didn’t. I miss him plenty, but luckily his spirit is still with us no matter what happens.

There are many people that have the strongest impact in your lives. They are your role model and you want to be like them. These can be your family members, friends, or people that you just see on T.V. Whoever they might be they impacted your life because of want you learned from them. One person that had the strongest impact that made me who I am today is my mom. My mom had impacted my life and made me who I am today because she taught how to treat other how I want to be treated, don't judge other people because of their looks, and if you don't try you won't succeed. These are only the few lesson that I learned from my mom as a kid.

I think the person who has had the most profound effect on my life besides my parents is my grandfather. I never realized before how much of an effect he had on my interests and goals for the future. Years ago, he used to tell me stories about historical events and experiences he had fighting in Vietnam and my great grandfather fighting in World War 2. His vivid descriptions always made it so interesting and, in some cases, more light-hearted than what actually happened. To this day he still has more stories to tell me, and never fails to captivate my interest. In doing this, he opened my eyes to my biggest interest, history, and encouraged me to pursue this interest throughout school. I feel like it would help to give a short summary of his life and how it affected me.

When asked who was the most influential person in my life without any hesitation I knew it was my father. My father has impacted my life greatly and has helped me become the person I am today. He has helped me in many ways; he pushes me to be the best, he is always there for me, and he possesses good qualities that I try to obtain.

In my family, the three generations are all at a different stage in life. Generation one at the moment in stage eight of the Family Life course. In this stage, my grandparents who are still well are still achieving an everyday task that follows this stage. Some of these tasks involve retirement, grandparenthood, Chronic Illness & family Caregiving. In generation two the stages being portrayed is stages six and seven, launching, and empty nesting. Within this stage my mother is currently in the stage of launching, some of the the developmental task she has gone through are releasing young adults , accepting new ways of relating to young adult, maintaining a supportive home base, Sense of self changes. As for my Aunt Patty she is experiencing stage 7 empty nesting, now that my cousins are moved out she is