Castia Hunter ENC 1102 930-1015

Summary X, Malcolm, 1925-1965. Autobiography of Malcolm X. New York, Grove Press [1965]

Analysis

Malcolm X was exposed to a whole new world when he began to read. I believe that Malcolm gaining the ability to read is one of his greatest In this excerpt from Malcolm Xs traits that helped him to further himself and autobiography the story is told about how inform the audiences that he spoke to. The Malcolm learned to read. While imprisoned, exigence or the reason why Malcolm taught his Malcolm became frustrated with the fact that self how to read was that he became frustrated he could not read the letters that he had been receiving so he decided to teach himself how to with the fact that he could not read the letters that was sent to him. In my perspective this read. He started by copying words out of the dictionary every day and reciting them until he lead to his self-awareness or self-actualization comprehended the word as well as its meaning. where he determined that being street smart was not going to get him anywhere. He longed Once Malcolms penmanship and vocabulary for a greater knowledge, which sent him on his had improved he moved on to more serious journey of exploring the oppressions of the books, novels, and articles. It was through his readings that he discovered the evil and wrong black man, as well as viewing worldly things that the white man had done throughout perspectives of other cultures of the white man The material objects that was involved in history to all the other races of the world. Malcolm learning to read was innumerous. Continuously reading day and night Malcolm Increased his knowledge on the voyages of the From the prison library to the renting out of books, even the light from the window helped white man and formed his speeches and him out. Another factor that helped him was lectures to his fellow black man based off of the fact that he was locked in the prison for 15 his findings. hours a day which gave him nothing but free time to study, learn, and evaluate the things that he read.