Young And Dyslexic

Question 1

How does the writer show how he overcame the struggles of dyslexia? Para 1

Answer 1

He describes the problem in the education system when he was a child

• peice starts with strong verb ‘suffered’ to emphasise his hardship
• ‘no compassion, no understanding and no humanity’ tricolon
• ’ the past is a different kind of country’ metaphor to show that the way of thinking then was almost foreign.

‘Do I need an operation’ no one knew what it was

Question 2

How does the writer show how he overcame the struggles of dyslexia? Para 2

Answer 2

Uses anecdotes from his childhood

• ‘shut up stupid boy’
• ‘we can’t all be intelligent’
• ‘I was just being creative’ sympathy
• words such as ‘fighting’ ‘stab’ ‘revenge’ ‘stole’ to show how this neglect from his teachers made him revert to a violent/ aggressive odds

Question 3

How does the writer show how he overcame the struggles of dyslexia? Para 3

Answer 3

He shows how you can overcome dyslexia

• ‘I could read very basically Vs ‘profesor of poetry and creative writing’ at ‘Brunel Univeristty
• ‘I wrote more poetry, novels for teenagers, plays, other books and recorded music’ shows what he’s achieved.
• a high percentage of the prison population are dyslexic and a high percentage of the architect population’
• ‘we are the designers’