In "The Library Card" a black man in the south seaks to understand his world and the people who live in it by reading books from, well, the library. During the time it was a great risk for him to be reading, but he perserviered and saw it through to the end. In my own life I hve had to go through hard times to get to the final goal, be it a chance to see my dad or a day off from the duties he left behind. The man in the stories reward was knowledge and a deaper understanding of the world around him, but mine was just a day to myself.