But I never again felt the same love of reading and w
After failing twice, he lost his passion to write because of the disappointment he felt after failing.
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could. I read the books my father brought homefrom the pawnshops and secondhand. I read the books I borrowed from the library. I read the backs of cereal boxes. I read the newspaper. I read the bulletinsposted on the walls of the school, the clinic, the tribal offices, the post office. I read junk mail. I read auto-repair manuals. I read magazines. I read anythingthat had words and paragraphs. I read with equal parts joy and desperation. I loved those books, but I also knew that love had only one purpose. I was tr
She uses repetition to show how hard she was trying to break the stereotype that Indian children were supposed to fail.
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side. They struggled with basic reading in school but could remember how to singa few dozen powwow song
Although they were looked at as stupid, they could remember all the songs they were taught throughout their lives. This proves that they were not stupid, they just were not provided the same education as other children.
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shops. Our house was filled with books.They were stacked in crazy piles in the bathroom, bedrooms and living r
This reminds me of my grandmas house growing up, having books everywhere I look.
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We gesture, exaggerate our voices, pause for effect. Listeners lean in and compose the scene of our tale in their minds.
This reminds me of elementary school when my kindergarten teacher read stories. She kept every student I gaged and in awe with her exaggerations of certain words and pauses at just the right time.
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from the first moment of listening, squints, stares, smiles, leans forward, or falls asleep, letting the teller know whether to slow down, speed up, elaborate, or just finish.
It’s amazing how storytellers can change the whole vibe of the story just based on the audience. If the audience is excited and energetic, then the teller knows to keep going the same way. However if the audience is quiet and yawning, the teller knows to pick up the pace and change the way they are speaking.
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We remember and recall in stories”
This made me think of how whenever you think about something from the past that you want to share with someone, it’s always how am I going to tell this story or trying to remember what happened next.
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Storytelling is part and parcel of human socialization—a tool for making us known, both to ourselves and to others. In fact, anything we experience that does not get structured narratively does not get remembered
Right off the bat I found this quote really meaningful. I think that storytelling is crucial to have a social life. What is conversation without storytelling?
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