I noticed that in a lot of literacy narratives most of the people had either a mentor or a person who was terrible(motivator) when they were young.  This would be the person to eventually influence the way that they continued their life.  Also when people first started to read at night with their parents, they enjoyed it. But, as soon as they got into the scholarly reading that is involved with going to school they started to change their mind about reading.  They eventually lost interest in what they were reading, which made it unenjoyable.  What was most surprising about reading all of these literacy narratives is the different narratives that explain that they stopped reading from a lack of encouragement from their teachers or peers.  Another thing that surprised me was the amount of parents or guardians that encouraged reading by reading to their children at night or in school and how much of that could be demolished so fast by one single human, that would most likely be a teacher.  The narratives connect to my narrative and experience in many ways.  To begin with my parents encourage learning and reading from the time I first started to read all the way until now.  But midway through elementary school, 3rd grade, it ruined it all in one year for me.  The teacher was horrible and did not encourage reading or learning in the way the previous teachers had.  I just could not believe how quickly one person can change so many years of progress in a single school year.  But, eventually I found that one teacher the next year, 4th grade, and it rebuilt my faith in reading and in learning.  It astonishes me how one person can have such an impact on your educational and personal life.  That is what I noticed most in all of the literacy narratives is how the literacy sponsors had a dramatic impact on the students/child’s life.