Kayla
The biggest thing that I found in her Narrative was the victim narrative. She has a bit of the victim narrative because the teacher that she had made her and all of her classmates feel very bad about all of the writings that they had been doing. She says, “Then I got to high school and every bit of confidence that I had about writing was stripped.” The narrative shows the victim narrative because it is about someone’s confidence being ruined by a teacher.
Sam
Sam’s literacy narrative seems to have a direction towards success narrative. He says that he didn’t know how to write a story, but then his teacher showed him how he could. He says, “Write… What the heck is that? She handed each of us a piece of paper, telling us to write a story. I had known stories from my grandmother reading them to me before bed, but I didn’t have any clue where to start on this assignment.” He was clearly just starting school and he had no clue what he was doing. He then was able to write a story about playing pond hockey with some of the greats. The narrative shows us the concept of a success narrative because it shows the author going from mostly illiterate to being able to write a story and share it with his peers.
Hannah
Hannah’s story was a really hard one to read. I have never had to deal with a loss like hers before, but I can only imagine how hard it must be for a family. I would consider the narrative that she wrote to be a hero narrative above anything else. She took her brothers passing and used it as motivation to write the best thing that she could, and there is a lot of pride that can be gained from that. She said in the last paragraph of her narrative that, “I believe that this assignment made me both a stronger person and writer.” This narrative shows that hardships create stronger people.
Blake
Blake wrote a story that was incredibly complimentary of a mentor from his past. He wrote a narrative about how his second grade teacher, Mrs. Johnson, helped him to become a better writer and see his full potential. I would say that this most relates to the point of a good mentor. He says, “I see now it was because she was holding me to a higher standard because she knew I had the ability to succeed in my work, but I would rush through it and not worry about it.” This shows that the mentor he had was very good and helpful in giving him a good start.
