As I was reading “Learning to Read and Write” by Douglass, I started to feel very intrigued. I found it quite interesting the different ways that he taught himself how to read and write. Being an African American child in that day and age would have been nearly too bad to bear. As I sit here and read about how much he loved to read, it makes me realize that reading and writing really isn’t given the amount of appreciation that it deserves. Without reading and writing, it would be difficult to communicate with others. My favorite part of the excerpt was when he was telling the reader about using the shipyard timbers to teach him how to write letters and then challenging other children by saying he could write better.
Contrary to “Learning to Read and Write,” I found “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by Sedaris not near as interesting. The short story was too slow paced for my liking and I didn’t find any part about it humorous or in any way intriguing. I didn’t understand the type of writing that the writer was trying to accomplish. I felt like the story went absolutely nowhere and the ending was too dull and dry for me to have any positive remarks on it.
As for the last reading article, “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Town,” I found it the best out of the other two. The author really got my attention with the way the beginning was started out. The short story stayed interesting throughout the entire writing. I like the history references that the author used. I really enjoyed this final piece and wouldn’t mind reading another of his short stories.
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