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Wiltse's Progression

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Wiltse 's essay beginning shows a progression"... How do you go from this...to this"(Wiltse 645). This progression is twofold. If you fold them and when she was a baby Wiltse was in the world but didn 't fully know or understand it. As a senior Wiltse fully knew and understood most of the world. An apprehension gained mainly by literacy "The answer is...LITERACY"(Wiltse 646). Wiltse states "literacy sounds boring...but it 's really not" and "books have been a big part of who I am"(Wiltse 646). Furthermore, she said "books can take you to a new dimension"(Wiltse 646). A new dimension of knowledge and imagination. Again, Wiltse reiterates the fact that books of the reason she went "from this...to this" in her knowledge of life (Wiltse 645).

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