Response to "The Achievement of Desire"

As you read Rodriguez's essay you get the feeling that he feels guilty for getting an education while his parents had none. As he starts the essay he is talking to a group of students, all of which besides one are not listining to him. He goes on to discuss how this one person who is listening reminds him of himself in his education. He then goes on to write an essay that seems to be more for him then for anyone else. It seems that his essay is written so that him can come to terms with the question that people ask him "How did you manage your success?"
As you read the first section of the essay Rodriguez seems to feel guilty for gaining an education while his mother isn't able to. Rodriguez says, "With a good education she (his mother) could have done anything." He says this as he discuss how his mother would always tell him that with an education he could be anything. He discuss how his mother and father had to settle in a job so that they could give to their kids a chance at education.
In the second section of the essay Rodriguez seems to struggle with the difference between the person that he is becoming and the person that his parents are. Talking about how his mother feels about him reading all the time Rodriguez says, "I would hear my mother wondering, 'What do you see in your books?'" He also goes on to show his obsession with becoming like his teachers by reading books. He discusses how me reads everything that he is told to.
In the third section Rodriguez disuses the advantages and disadvantages of being a "scholarship boy". He talks about all those willing to help, all those that "lavish praise and encouragement." On the other hand his classmates that give him a hardtime for being a "kiss ass". As the section goes on to discuss some of the false ideas of scholarships boys.
In the last section he seems to come to terms with what he has become and how to interact with his parents. He talks about the first time that he is able to be comfortable with his parents. He comes to terms with being a scholarship boy. He also is glad that his education is over and that he can move on from his title of scholarship boy.