Literacy: A Lineage
“It would be impossible to
discuss my path to literacy without talking about my literary guardian, the
person who inspired and encouraged my love for reading and writing: my father.”
(132) - Here the author introduces the purpose of the story.
“Each time I arrived under
the bells, I would recite the poem to myself, even when the weather was cold
and my breath made the air foggy.” (133) - Vivid details make the story come
alive.
“You could define my dad as a
jack-of-all-trades artist.”(133) - The next to paragraphs describe her father,
one of the main characters in her narrative.
“It has become a joke among
me and my brothers because we can recite from memory his favorite lines of
books and his favorite poems. Because of him I can quote… among many others.”
(133) - Specific details like quotes make this story very personal and
interesting.
“From the time I could read
and write, I wrote and acted out princess stories all on my own.” (134) - From
her she talks about herself in a chronological order.
“I attributed all on my own.”
(134) - Focusing on her own experiences the author writes from a first-person
point of view.
“Because of my father and our
shared love of literature, my definition of literacy is intimately linked to
the idea of tradition.” (135) - The following to two paragraphs summarize the
main point of the story.
“My definition of literacy
is: the ability to read, write, and understand within a tradition.” (135) -
This is the final point to the author’s narrative, concluding with the answer
to the purpose of the narrative.
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