In the bottom corner was a small picture of Elian later that day smiling with his father, stepmother and half brother after they had been reunited. However, the main newspaper is not where literacy stops. In each community smaller groups produce their own papers, newsletters, flyers and pamphlets discussing what they believe is important and their views on controversial subjects. In Louisville Leo The Brat or any religious newsletter get their message out. Therefore a community must be literate especially if they want to be involved in the happenings in and around the community.
Literacy enhances advancement of a community as a whole.
It distinguishes high class, well-educated people with the lower class poor communities. Literacy becomes a hierarchy of societies. Those who attend expensive private institutions are considered above those who come from a state run school simply because their education is better. When a college student is asked where they attend school many people will be more interested if they respond by saying an IV leagues school rather than a state run school or a community college. Those people in the poor communities generally do not have educations past high school if they get that far.