A Homemade Education Summary

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In “A Homemade Education” by Malcolm X his knowledge is expanded while being incarcerated and after he finishes his time in jail. Getting his hands on a dictionary gives Malcolm X the opportunity to finally learn to read and write. Malcolm X starts copying the dictionary onto paper and with doing this he is introduced to words that he never knew about. The process of learning for him is enjoyable that he is able to write the whole dictionary. Moreover, his knowledge on African-American history is expanded as well. When he is introduced to books about slavery he realizes all the cruelty and how filtered some other books about slavery are; Book after book gave him information about his culture that he did not take as seriously until after reading.