"Aria" By Richard Rodriguez

Thesis:-learning English as a "language" gave Richard a confidence in public identity but he lost his native identity.
Representative Example: - "The loss implies the gain: The house I returned to each afternoon was quiet. Intimate sounds no longer rushed to the door to great me. There were other noises inside. The telephone rang. Neighborhood kids ran past the bedroom where I was reading my schoolbooks-covered with shopping-bag paper. Once I learned public language, it would never again be easy for me to hear intimate family voices." (pg. 302)
1."Without question, it would have pleased me…