In Brandt’s writing she discusses Literary Sponsors. A literary sponsor as any agent (person or thing), that enable, promote, support, or teach literacy in some type of way. They also can help gain an advantage on someone’s literary abilities. She goes into depth about the negative challenges people face that can hender them from gaining an advantage in literacy. Race, gender, and socio-economic status all have affects on a child’s ability to get a head start on literacy. What time period you were born in can also determine your writing ability. Someone in 1920’s would write totally different from someone in the 1990’s.
