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Comparing Malcolm X And Muhammad's Research

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If you were given the option stay in a confined cell day after day doing nothing, or access to a library where you could spend your days educating yourself and reading books, which would you choose? This was how Malcolm X, an African American activist, decided to look at his prison sentence. He became fed up with not knowing the world around him and not being able to converse with others on those topics. Malcolm X was able to use the research during his prison sentence to show the reality of the white man’s actions and support them by historical events documented in stories and various personal experiences.
Mr. X begins his story with, “It was because of my writings that I happened to stumble upon starting to acquire some kind of a homemade education” (134), to describe his spark in reading. When Malcolm X would write to Elijah Muhammad, an African American religious leader, he didn’t feel confident in his ability to communicate and felt that his knowledge was inferior in comparison. So in order to understand what Mr. Muhammad was talking about and preaching …show more content…

Mr. X wanted to bring to the minds of African Americans that the white man had taken too much advantage of the African American race and not given the credit where it was due. Since Malcolm grew up with the conflict of racism throughout his whole life, he knew that when he was given the opportunity to influence other and teach them the reality of things, it would something he would not turn down. The tone he conveys in this story can be one of being ardent. The manner in which he goes to great extent to support Muhammad’s teachings shows his passion to bring justice to the black race, and any other race brought down by white

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He claims that reading is crucial to readers' lives, just as it was to his, because it helps people develop their own opinions. “It is challenging to create your own ethical beliefs when you lack the ability to read and comprehend the world” Malcolm X offers the reader a richer reading and learning experience that is simple to understand thanks to the variety of points of view, organization, and language he uses in his impassioned and forceful account of his life. Although it varies a little at the beginning, middle, and ending of his essay, Malcolm's point of view is largely similar throughout. He begins by recalling his early years, when he was unable to read. He also talks about how he taught himself to read when he was incarcerated.

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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.

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Journal Entry 1 ‘’Learning to Read’’ by Malcolm X This is an autobiography of Malcolm’s life, where he educated himself through rigorous learning in prison. In his autobiography, the author believes to be established the importance of studying. Throughout the reading, there are also set of values that we can take into consideration such as self-education, the learning process in ourselves, the challenges that we need to overcome and the discipline to enhance the quality of our knowledge.

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Malcolm X was a prominent African American civil rights leader and activist during the late 1900s. Prior to his role as a civil rights trailblazer, Malcolm X was an inarticulate hustler who was sentenced to ten years in prison on burglary charges. It was in prison that Malcolm X had acquired a taste for education and he could not stop yearning for more; as a result, he began to study tirelessly. Throughout “a Homemade Education”, Malcolm X appeals to one’s sense of ethics, logic, and emotion by utilizing his own personal experiences to stress that everyone should educate themselves and thus gather an understanding about the world. When in prison Malcolm X had attempted to emulate a man named Bimbi, a fellow prison mate whom he had looked up

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Although Malcolm X was a tremendous speaker and has done a great amount of work for the Islamic and black community. Malcolm X was often faced with a lot of controversy after his death. Malcolm X was viewed as being an angry Ideologist that wanted to use violence to make a change and state an opinion. He was often misunderstood (‘The press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make a criminal look like he's the victim and make the victim look like he's the criminal.") -- Malcolm X (1964).

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Malcolm X and his relationship with Elijah Muhammad In this paper we will analyse the relationship between Malcolm X and Muhammad. Beginning with the induction of Malcolm Little into the religion of Islam and his affiliation with the Nation of Islam and Elijah Muhammad. With this analysis we will be able to learn more about what led to the growth and development of a seemingly father - son relationship. I will show how Elijah Muhammad and the teachings of Islam in many ways saved Malcolm from continuing to follow the life of a criminal on the streets of Boston, Harlem and Detroit.

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In “A Homemade Education,” Malcolm X expresses that reading and increasing your knowledge is extremely important and that it has helped him understand black history and slavery. Malcolm X was very frustrated with himself because he could not convey what he wanted to say when it came to writing simple English. Many people, who have heard Malcolm X on television or read something he wrote, would have thought that he had obtained an education “beyond the eight grade” (1). Malcolm X claims that this impression of him is a result of him studying during his prison sentence. It began when he met a man named Bimbi in the Charlestown Prison, where he felt as if he was far less knowledgeable than him.

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The civil rights movement in the south was a crucial turning point in American history, major changes occurred in the life of African Americans living in the south because of civil rights leaders who desperately wanted racial equality. Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X were two major advocates who spoke out against the racial injustice happening in America at the time. Their speeches influenced millions of people across the country, however they worked differently to achieve their objectives. Martin Luther King Jr., was born in January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was a minister and major influence in the choices King would make later on in his life.

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Malcolm X's "Literacy Behind Bars" is about the expansion of his world that provokes a burning passion within himself through the world of reading. While incarcerated, the author meets a man named Bimbi who leads the discussion with his stock of knowledge, prompting Malcolm X to further his skills in literacy. Taking small steps, he first broadens his vocabulary by reading alphabetically in the dictionary and copying pages. He reads aloud to himself until the words begin to stick with him. Not long after moves onto books, devouring them at a relentless pace, Malcolm X became so engrossed with reading that he begins breaking curfew rules just to continue reading by using the light outside of his cell.

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He uses ethos techniques and increases the trust of his audience. Malcom X states that the civil rights "black revolution," is developing because "the honorable Elijah Muhammad, a godsend shepherd," has "opened the eyes of our people (Malcom X, 4) By praising Muhammad, people are more likely to follow along with his religious opinions, similar to how King praises the Bible. He states that Muhammad teaches them "the only intelligent and lasting solution," to the problem they face (Malcom X, 4) This line shows that Malcom X intends to appeal to the logical aspect of his audience and the civil

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