Literacy: A Lineage

The author immediately declares how important her father was to her path to literacy, indicating that these two elements are the focus of the story.    Page 132 Paragraph 1

She gives great detail to her story by including the poem at the bottom of the bell tower, making the tale feel real to the reader.    Page 132 Paragraph 2

The passage of time is made clear as the author accounts how her father has began to come less often to the bell tower. It is also implied that her love for literature has grown since she will go to the bell tower alone to recite the poem in any weather.    Page 133 Paragraph 2

She fleshes out her fathers character by repeating some of the quotes he loved to say the most.
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The perspective switches to first person as she tells of how her and her family went to the library.
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Using her relative unfamiliarity with French, she develops her point that tradition is an important part of appreciating a language, hence her preference for English.    Page 135 Paragraph 2

In the final paragraph she declares the stories message, that the tradition her father passed on to her is what made her truly literate.
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