Dear John Lewis,
The beginning of the book, “MARCH” demonstrated to the reader the hardships and tragic events that were occurring during this time known as the Civil Rights Movement. In this part of the story it seems to be focusing more on equal voting rights. The book starts off with th
e bombing of the 16thstreet Baptist Church in Birmingham where 4 young girls were killed. This bombing was done as a way to send a “message” to the civil rights leaders because the church was the place where most meetings were held.
While reading these first few pages, I couldn’t help but feel disappointed in the way that black people were being treated and I was devastated at the events that took place in order to send a “message”. Although the events that were happening during this time were horrible I felt like this was the beginning of change because people were starting to come together to stand up for their rights. 
Questions I had while reading were who bombed the church?
The issues presented in the pages assigned was that black people didn’t have the same voting rights. I think this has a connection to today’s time because even though people ARE allowed to vote in this time and age, I feel like people still don’t and that’s really taking the right for granted because that is a way to get a point across. I feel like a way to combat this issue is to remind people that voting is a RIGHT that was not always available to all people so take advantage now that we have it
This was my evaluation to the first part of the book and I’m eager to keep on reading.
Sincerely, Samantha Cabrera
Having spanish as my first language, learning to read and write in english was something new to me but to my surprise it was something that I caught onto really quickly. The earliest experience with literacy, that I can remember anyway, would have to be in first grade. At the young age of 6 I remember the love I had for reading and the idea of diving into a new world. Although the books I was reading didn’t have too many words and were mostly just pictures, I remember envisioning the vivid pictures in my mind and really bringing the illustrations to life.
At this time, some of my favorite books included “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” and of course “Magic Treehouse”. Of course as I got older the types of books I read evolved but something I always enjoyed about reading, especially at a younger age was that if the author did a good enough job in the sensory details, it was as if I could actually picture everything that was taking place in the story. For this reason, I always try my best to be as descriptive in any piece of writing I compose, or even when speaking because I remember the impact all the sensory details in the books I read had on me up until this age. I definitely believe that reading and writing are very important in any person’s career and overall in life.
Although now I often find myself not having the sufficient time to sit down and really jump into a good book, my first literacy experience was definitely a good memorable experience.
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