1. The significance of Daniel Felsenfeld’s literacy narrative is that no matter what kind of music you listen to, it will help you find who you are in ways no one will. In the essay, the significance becomes clear when Felsenfeld states, “And since I was the only one I knew listening to symphonies and concerti, operas and string quartets, I felt I was the weirdest of them all; it served my adolescent need to be understood.”
2. The stance that Felsenfeld assumes toward his stated topic of “rebel music” is informative because he isn’t trying to force you to change the way you listen to music. His stance becomes known when he says, “And while there are moments I lament not having been raised in a musical family, or my late and clumsy start, I
