I thought the first reading from the Strategies book was especially interesting with the facts about history within the reading. It makes a lot of sense to note that something like that could really affect how the reader percieved the text. For someone who knew very little about a topic, the reading could make no sense to them. The second reading from the strategies book was very religious in the theme. It had a bit of background information but really, you didnt get much in terms of history. The reading from the Carolina Reader seems very much like a rebirth. Like the author had a certain type of life but then he was able to come from that and be reborn.