Questions from 222-225

1. In the first excerpt, Juan f. Perea uses historical facts in order to convey to the public that Spanish-speaking people have been made invisible by the public, but have nonetheless been present. He argues that as Americans, we should accept the presence of multiple languages. However, Richard Rodriguez argues that it is necessary to remain invisible until you have learned the publicly spoken language of English.
2. Juan F. Perea blames the founders of our country for the Latinos’ invisibility and argues with historical facts and references. Richard Rodriguez uses personal experiences to support his claim that he should remain invisible until he learns English.
3. Juan F. Perea somewhat resists assimilating into public culture by adopting another language, while Rodriguez embraces the fact that he must learn another language to succeed. Rodriguez supports the claim of a public language and a private language, while Perea believes that there should more than one publc language.
4. The audience of Perea is the dominant American culture, while Rodriguez’s audience is to fellow latinos. Perea’s reason for writing is that he believes it is unfair to remain invisible in society just because you speak another language. Rodriguez’s purpose for writing is that he belives that it is okay for both languages to exist, but he does not enforce the idea like Perea.