The factors that influenced our relationship to written language in the essay written on cultural stories were mainstream stories that are also known as "literacy myths". These myths were things that were told for many years to groups of people. Some of these myths include " freedom of speech" and "equality". The way these myths influenced writers could have been when writers write about things that are inapropriate. To them, its "just their uniqueness as a writer" to the essay it means " they are writing this way due to their unconcious belief that "it is good to say whats on your mind because we are all free to say what we feel". Also, even though someone might believe in the myth of "freedom of speech" as being true, it doesn't ever fully prove itself because of certain things people could get away with through the media-a person who cursed Obama's name on the news could be watched over as being a threat hence his/her life wouldn't be so "free" anymore.
From a biological-linguistic perspective we can learn that writing is natural and will come to each individual because it is a necessity in the process of communication. However, this essay tells us that we learn to write through our cultural stories. We learn how to write by first believing in our "cultural myths".
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