Laurie's correlation between books, literacy, and tyrants really opened my eyes. I had never realized how often that this theme of a ruler taking away sources of education for a society seems to occur in modern day books to express tyranny. I found it a bit ironic, though nonetheless true, as to how we've been reading this theme in pop-culture books so often and probably not registering how we are using our literacy to learn about illiteracy. I also thought her examples were great details for further describing her interpretation on this topic. They really allowed myself (and I'm sure all of her other readers) to connect the whole concept and see how truly important knowledge and the ability to learn are in another light.
To gain more insight on Laurie's thoughts, check out her blog post here with this link: http://dreaminreality14.blogspot.com/2014/09/literacy-is-power.html
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