The fate of the world is in the hands of literacy. Literacy has a relation to many parts of society’s existence, including individual cultures, the ideology of those cultures and the spoken word of the people. In addition, proposing standards for “good” English could affect literacy. Literacy is the skill to understand, respect, and seek out knowledge. Those whose are literate have a higher capacity for happiness and pleasure because they can comprehend the …showed first 75 words of 495 total…

…showed last 75 words of 495 total…in the soul of a culture are influenced by literacy. Literacy affects the language, the ideology and the success of a culture. The presence of standards in language has an effect on society as well. I believe that literacy is like a town’s drinking water. In other places the water may taste different or even make you sick, but it is water nonetheless and it is everywhere and we all need it to survive.