"I Know Why The Caged Bird Cannot Read"

Francine Prose mentions why she does not agree with the curriculum of high school students. Prose justifies these theories based on personal experiences and also quotes from intellectuals. The SOAPST helps us distinguish what Prose is actually trying to tell the audience. It helps to break down the essay and have a better understanding on the key points rather than wasting time on unimportant points that is thought to be important. The subject of the essay is the concern of educational curriculum regarding the English subject. The occasion was on September 1999 in the Harper's Magazine. This magazine was a notable one at the time so Prose got many people to look into her views and having the building ethos in the beginning of her story just makes things more intriguing for the audience to continue reading so that they can understand the perspective of an intellectual. Although the essay was published in a magazine, the audience was targeting and directed to the English teachers, not just the magazine readers. The primary and intended audience were those teachers, but the magazine readers were also part of the audience. The purpose for publishing this essay was to inform and also to persuade. The speaker was non other than Francine Prose. The tone was critical, informative, persuasive, superior, and professional. By establishing this tone, Prose implements this professional authority that makes readers read more and want to completely comprehend what she is trying to get passed to them. Francine Prose's essay changed many perspectives on the high school curriculum.