Even though the story and the poem are fundamentally speaking about education and its importance of a successful future, they differ only in the writers relationships in school. Both stories are written by authors who were born to immigrant families.
The story and the short poem both talk about their relationship with their family members. Though her poem, Ines Hernandex-Avila tells us about how much her families happiness means to her. She states that "I studied for my parents and for my grandparents." Richard Rodriguez on the other hand did not see the value in his family until much later on.
In both the story and the poem, the authors culture interfered in their educational pursuits. Rodriguez felt his cultural differences will take a toll on his education and began separating from it; while Avila was being bullied by other students from similar cultures who thought she was trying to be a hot shot.
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