Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood, is the story of one child who goes through a metamorphosis, changing from a person who was very close with his Mexican culture, and followed its traditions closely, to some one who left his traditions as time passed. This is mostly to the feeling of alienation that was brought forth from the environment that Mr. Rodrigues lived in, where his family used language to cope with being different. Here is where is memoir changes drastically for readers, as there are certain groups that can understand not only the language, Spanish, but can relate to the context given as this feeling of alienation seems to permeate to todays society, while there are those who wont understand the language used. This use of language is exemplified by his use of stylistic features such as his use of language, the changes of tone in the piece …show more content…
The culture surrounding Mr. Rodrigues who speaks predominantly Spanish, his context, gives way to more understanding of the tone shift. Throughout the piece, Mr. Rodrigues undertakes a plethora of changes in his understanding and grasp of society around him, which is brought forth by the author refusing to conform to becoming engrossed into the American culture. For example, in the text it speaks how the author had nuns from his school come into his home and request that the family speak more english at home because it inhibits Mr. Rodrigues’s performance at school, and to Mr Rodrigues, this became “….a new quiet at home.” This is a huge turn in terms of tone as Mr. Rodrigues now much become accustomed to the “public life”, and use the language of “los gringos”. This change in tone is also exemplified through how he felt at home, as earlier on in the story the comfort of home was romanticized yet after he begins to speak English everywhere, in his words, `“the special feeling of closeness at home was