X, a novel by Ilyasah Shabazz, is set in many different places throughout the story and was during a time when many Americans experienced all of the hardship and struggle life can bring #1. In this story, there are many characters and places throughout the book that give the story life. The main character, Malcolm Little, moved to Lansing, Michigan in 1929, with his family, when he was four years old. During his time there, he was shown the awful side of life. His father died when he was about six years old, he had to steal food to live because his family was very poor, his mother was taken to a physic hospital, and he and his siblings were split up. In 1940, as a 15 year old, he decided he wanted to leave all of the horrible memories of