Thesis: Childhood personal experiences shape one’s attitude towards reading.
-connect to Birkerts childhood (father and mother had opposing viewpoints so he grew up with conflicted attitudes towards reading)
—–he doesn’t like social reading but he talks about what he read to other people(conflicting)
—–he greatly enjoys reading and writing but he feels embarassed to be an editor
—–he has identity problems because his father discouraged his love for reading while his mother encouraged it; this is why he doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life and why he raises his daughter with conflicting views (he hates disney but he allows her to love it
Family-my personal experiences
-talk about how my grandmother loved to read and passed that love to my mother which then translated into my love of readin
——-nature vs nurture (possible topic to talk about)
-don’t forget to interview one other person on their opinion of reading!!!!!!
