Alvarez Shows Language Is A Tremendous Difference In Everyone's Lives In His Story

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experience the things necessary to become a whole person.
Rudolf B. Elmhurst was a young man from a liberal family in the United
States. His parents were easy-going people, with thoughts of letting Rudy
develop on his own. He learned English much the same way Yolanda learned Spanish.
He was taught by his parents. He also absorbed the culture around him and he
learned the American way of doing things. Rudy had quite a bit of freedom. He
could have come and gone as he pleased. He had no restrictions, and was allowed
to grow freely. With that opportunity Rudolf Brodermann Elmenhurst was able to
laugh along with everyone else at the mention of his difficult to pronounce name.
He had been allowed to grow unrestricted, but not unchecked. While his parent
were liberal, they still gave him the attention necessary, and the room to
evolve. This independence helped him to be who he was, invincible to insult,
injury, and always in control.
When Yolanda and Rudy first met they were in ...

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had learned that children were supposed to be quiet,
proper, etc. Rudy just did what came natural. He wasn't taught to fear anything,
so he never had that problem. The different languages taught different
mentalities, and were based on the values of the teachers.
Somehow they decided to work together on their homework. She helped
write his poem using the phrases and double meanings that he thought would be
appropriate. It was pornographic by her standards, but she didn't know what any
of it meant. She wrote her poem using the format that she was taught to. When it
came time for the two to read their poems Yolanda read hers first. No one knew
what she was talking about because ...

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