hi,
I read Rose's and Lu's and I had to agree with them both in that literacy is an issue in America and even moreso throughout the world, in places like China. I would have to say that they basically had the same idea, except that Lu was telling of what she saw and Rose was telling of the people he had helped. Lu seemed to blame literacy on the government and at the time it was a rightous idea. I would have to say that that it how she situated with her struggle. Rose says that people with low income jobs or no jobs at all or people that dont put forth effort in their society are usually illiterate, so then he helps them. All in all i agree with them
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I'm interested in how you see Lu and Rose using "literacy." I had the same question for AK.
Yeah, they're talking about literacy. Yeah, we could say Lu blames the government. But it seems that both of the essays have much more to say about literacy.
I mean...Lu takes pains to work through the concept of literacy as struggle. What's she talking about? Rose gives us this: "Poverty has generated its own damaged script, scars manifest in the spelling of a word" (143). That's rich and careful writing...it seems he care about more than just telling us he tried to help people.
What are you actually agreeing with?
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