Literacy In Three Metaphors Analysis

In “Literacy in Three Metaphors” written by Sylvia Scriber, she describes three ways literacy can be view at. She described what literacy is and how they are understood and applied to the education of people, and society. First, she mention literacy as adaption, I think what she’s trying to said is people need literacy in their everyday life to help them survive, and to perform everyday tasks. Second is literacy as power, this shows how importance literacy is in maintaining a relationship between leaders among communities or groups. It also show how literacy is used for the changing of society, like education. Lastly she mentioned literacy as a state of grace, this shows how religion also play a part in literacy. This shows how literacy separates …show more content…
They pretend to not know anything because their environment make them feel that way. Alexie said, “Those who failed were ceremonially accepted by other Indians and appropriately pitied by non-Indians.” This quote shows that life is easier if we pretend to be what our environment want us to, it is easier to be accepted by everyone. I think Alexie’s view of literacy as power is your class in society make a difference in how people see you. He said, “If he’d been anything but an Indian boy living on the reservation, he might have been called a prodigy. But he is an Indian boy living on the reservation and is simply an oddity.” Because he was a poor Indian boy, his ability weren’t as recognized or appreciated as much as it should. So because his family weren’t considered a certain level of superiority, he was forced to keep his ability hidden. Lastly, I think Alexie’s view of literacy as a state of grace is people behave how their belief make them feel and a person’s belief can effect their education’s life. Because the Indian kids were always told that they are stupid, and that’s their belief, so they always act stupid because they think that’s what they suppose to