A literacy narrative is a work that describes a person’s process of learning not only to read and write, but of learning to interpret the meanings of certain pieces of writing. To me, literacy has more value than being able to read a passage or write a sentence. Literacy means understanding the deeper meaning in a work or art, be it a novel or a painting or a piece of music. More people today can learn to read and write than ever before, but the true mark of literacy is applying what you learned from a work to your life – taking something from it. That is what literacy means to me. I want to be able to take things at more than just face value.