Write an essay in which you compare Alexie’s account of learning to read and write with that of Frederick Douglass’. Pay particular attention to how and why these writers associate literacy with some sort of liberation. The historical distance between the two accounts is enormous, what are the commonalities between the accounts and what do you learn from them? Why are these essays important? What do they teach you or show you about humanity? Please make sure to answer the “so what” question. (much include an outline, an underlined thesis statement and underlined best topic sentence. ( Essays are found in The Writer’s Presence on page 34 and 106).