In the 2023 Literacy Narrative of  author Nazokat Ibrohimova, CCNY Student, asserts the frightening image of being isolated by a language barrier and suggests how scary this feeling is for such a small child. Along with the happier side of the situation where soon enough the rewarding feeling of learning how to read shines through. She backs up this claim by doing the following: first, she explains the setting she was placed in and how clueless she was as a child due to not knowing english; next, she emphasizes on how isolating and scary the feeling was of being left out of practices that everyone around her knew (reading); last, she shows when she finally can fit in with the others and their reading capabilities (she felt so relieved and proud of herself!) . Ibrohimova appears to write in hopes of conveying the true and genuine fear that a language barrier creates in order to show the growth of her child self when she was finally able to sit down and make out the letters in front of her. Because of the author’s reminiscent and story-telling tone, it seems as if she writes for people who have been affected by something similar to her situation AKA a non-english speaking audience.

Throughout her writing Ibrohimova uses lots of imagery. Imagery being a visual symbolism that helps the reader envision the information written. In Ibrohimova’s case she uses a beautiful way of imagery to describe her emotions. I thoroughly enjoyed reading her imagery because she really shows a contrasting image of her child-self and the “cold” and “enormous” room. In this contrasting image we can also zoom in even further on how her child-self had felt in the situations she was put into. Ibrohimova really focuses on one thing at a time, the main one being that rich descriptors of how child her interpreted the room around her. Whether it was when she was waiting for her father or alone in the classroom the imagery was still just as descriptive.

With the use of imagery I’d say that Ibrohimova was trying to accurately convey the emotions that she had felt in the past effectively. I found it interesting that with the use of this imagery you can tell where the character’s growth begins and where it is finished. Her purpose was to correctly interpret the world that surrounded her in the past and the difference once younger her had learnt how to read. I’d say her audience is people who face a similar background ( people whose second language is English). She appeals to them by describing how isolating it is to be the only one not truly understanding the language used and using descriptors that would bring a sense of relatability to her and the reader.