- “When I had progressed to really serious reading, every night at about ten P.M. I would be
outraged with the “lights out.” It always seemed to catch me right in the middle of something
engrossing”. This descriptive detail from X’s narrative that especially stands out to me, Because of his use of the word ‘Outraged’, this one detail made me think he really made reading a part of his life. And then he goes on to describe how he keep reading, even if there was a little bit of peripheral light. After his eyes got used to the light, he would sit on the floor, watch the guards, and sacrifice his sleep time to keep reading. Because I’m also someone who give up my sleep time for something I love to do, I can sense his love of reading, so that spirit moved me. The widening of his idiolect while incarcerated, The inspiration for me is that write about your own experience so that the reader can relate to it. Also, the relationship between his personal writing ability changed and this is a common way for literacy narrative, from not knowing till knowing. - Manson’s focus on silence and not-quite-readiness is what I want to imitate in my own literacy narrative. Manson first described her ability to express herself and organize her words as terrible. But through a series of events (her experiences), she decided to change herself. Although she didn’t change much in the end like many other author, but she expressed herself and told the reader that she was trying. This more life-like example and style appealed to me. I will use a similar technique to write my narrative, from denying myself to slowly accepting my inadequacies.
ENG 2100: Writing 1 with Jay Thompson
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