O, the Sweetness of Reading :: Literacy Illiterate Education Texas Essays

O, the Sweetness of ReadingWorks Cited MissingDeep in the ferociouserness of Texas, the untamed, open fields provide a vast situation for imagination to run free. Tales of adventure, cattle ranches, gamblers, rogues, and scoundrels abound. In the book Raising Sweetness, originator Diane Stanley contrasts the stereotype of uncivilized lawlessness with a story of eight Texas orphans and the sheriff in their town who adopted them. The contrast of a sheriff of the wild west and orphans provides a unique juxtaposition. Despite this contrast of the stereotypical Texas sheriff, a more than(prenominal) naturalistic problem provides the major conflict of the storythe sheriff and the orphans can not read. Although analphabetism was a common problem in the west it is not a respected method of killing off bad guys. Therefore, modern depictions of the wild west overlook illiteracy. Because illiteracy is the main hindrance to the characters quest of universe able to read a letter, the illust rations to the book perplex even more important than just providing interest to the reader. The realizes provide a medium in which not only actions and key information, but also perceptions are portrayed. These illustrations become an integral part in adding depth to the story. Through the use of coloring, style, flesh out not described in the text, and perspective the illustrations make the story more effective. The coloring in the pictures makes the story more effective because it portrays the emotion that correlates to the text. For example, wiz illustration has only the colors brown, b overlook, and white. The corresponding text is a flashback of how the sheriffs darlin done broke his heart (4). Thus, the coloring effectively portrays the sad emotion because dark, neutral colors have a depressing connotation associated with them. some other picture that uses dark coloring portrays the orphanage and the mean caretaker who made the orphans scour floors with toothbrushes. Th is illustration uses different shades of brown as the only colors. The picture represents a flashback to a previous book in which the sheriff adopts all the children to only them from the horrid caretaker. The brown tones give the appearance of an old, faded picture. The tones also lack warmth or brightness thus, they correspond to the emotion of dislike for the caretaker. This portrays that the actions took stern in the past, and emphasizes the unpleasantness of the memory. Conversely, the illustrator uses light pastel colors whenever the sheriffs sweetheart, Miss Lucy, is shown.