Reading And Writing In Muchacho By Louanne Johnson

According to the Newsela article “Reading, writing can be a prescription for healing, doctors are finding”, reading and writing can be a type of meditation. Reading helps us see life through another person’s perspective, helping us have empathy for others, and writing is a process that helps us understand the things we experience. In the novel Muchacho by Louanne Johnson, the main character, Eddie Corazon, learns that he is a poet who writes poems about his experiences and people around him and appreciates listening to other’s poems as well. Also, Eddie was a “secret reader”, and he enjoyed reading though he did not want others to know.He has the need to read and write because the events that occur throughout his life may occasionally be difficult, …show more content…
Lupe kept Eddie in control, and together they had a respecting relationship. When Eddie decided to write poems, Lupe was a big supporter of him, and encouraged him to become a writer saying he, “should be a writer because if you can write something that makes people cry you have the gift.” (pg. 76). According to the article, “We learn indirectly through the experiences of the characters we read about,” and “Because we empathize, or feel for others, we expand our understanding of other people in other circumstances.” (“Reading, writing can”). Once when Lupe and Eddie got into an argument over Eddie being late to a date, Eddie did not yell back at Lupe like he wanted but instead apologized and told her that he loved her. It may have to do with the fact that Eddie was a “secret reader” and that readers empathize better than people who do not …show more content…
Beecher and ask her for a recommendation for college, telling her she was the best teacher he ever had. Ms. Beecher joked about Eddie becoming a teacher himself, and the joke made Eddie think about becoming a teacher and that he would let his students write whatever they wanted. All of the events that happen to him and his environment give him the need to read and write. By reading and writing, he expressed his feelings and understood other people’s feelings, too. He also tried to get his cousin, Enrique, to read and write as well to help him with his situation, but he failed. In the end Eddie decided to also share his poem at the poetry reading, and although he was reluctant at first, he read his poem “Veinte-Veinte Vision” and felt like he could hear the sound of a heron flying above him into the sunrise from the ovation. The characters from this book are not the only people who have the need to read and write, and reading and writing can heal and be a meditation for anyone no matter what age or