Summary Of The Human Cost Of An Illiterate Society By Jonathan Kozol

In the article “The Human Cost of an illiterate Society” by Jonathan Kozol, the author is arguing the disadvantages an illiterate person has on the United States government. Not being able to read in the 21st century in the United States affects us in some way to the other, whether it affects our government or our everyday lives. While Illiteracy effect this country’s government, it can also affect a person’s day-to-day basics life because an illiterate person cannot read directions to go somewhere, or like the author report that “Illiterate mother cannot read the letters their children bring home from their teachers” (Kozol 5). This paper will discuss Kozol’s correlation on how political illiteracy issue a bad outcome on this country by citizens