The question at hand for these two narrative essays is, “How and why are they considered models on genre?”. After reading both Lydia’s Story and Literacy: A Lineage, I feel as though they are both considered to be models on genre because they are exacted to the genre of a narrative essay. Each story is constructed in a way that tells a story and has a clear and well thought-out point. In Lydia’s Story, Jan Brideau tells the story of how Lydia, a small slender black woman, overcame the unearthing circumstances of the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In this essay Brideau tells the story as Lydia told her. For this essay I would say that it is considered a model on genre because Brideau uses third person narrative to tell the story
