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Rhetorical Analysis Of Learning To Read By Malcolm X

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Shivam Patel
Professor Caitlyn Doherty
English 1001
30 January 2023
Text in Action Proposal
For the Text in Action paper, I plan on using Malcolm X’s Learning to Read. I chose this piece of text because of the impact Malcolm X had on the Civil Rights Movement. I believe that people like Malcolm, MLK, and Rosa Parks had a big part to do with the changes in culture and beliefs in America on African Americans. The moving essay "Learning to Read" by Malcolm X describes how, while imprisoned, he taught himself to read. He became a civil rights activist after reading about the terrible events in history and learning about them. Throughout "Learning to Read," Malcolm X expressed a range of emotions and positions. His work clearly reflects his emotions, …show more content…

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. He conveys his point of view through the manner he describes his journey. Because Malcom X describes his true process of learning to read, readers may place him on their level and relate to him. The reader has a different opinion of him as a result of this. He's just your typical prisoner trying to find his place in the world. His perspective is still that of an inmate in the center, but he now has more knowledge to

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