In the story silence by Maxine Hong Kingston, why is reading so important to her?

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Silence By Maxine Hong Kingston

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You mean "The Misery of Silence" by M.H.K.? This essay deals with the culture shock that immigrants often experience when moving to a new country. She describes her own experience when she did not dare to speak English during her first three years in the U.S.
Reading English was much easier for her than speaking, because you “did not have to make up what you say”. And so reading became very important when she tried to find her place in America.