Cody Eubanks English Composition Two 8/22/2012

Summary Learning to Read Malcolm X (I Struggled with the MLA citation because I was unable to find details of the book from which the excerpt was taken.) - Malcolm X introduces his struggle and frustration with his literacy level and emphasizes his lack of ability to articulate his thoughts without the employment of slang terms in which he speaks. -He discusses his apparent acquisition of education to those who have listened to him or seen him on television. -Malcolm describes his lack of understanding of the majority of textual devices and explains his methods for the correction of his issue. (copying the dictionary) -Malcolm emphasizes the painstaking slow process which he endured. -Malcolm outlines his excitement and pride following the completion of the first few pages of the dictionary making note of the word aardvark as a fond memory and stepping stone in his education career. -He further applauds prisoners who have also become literate. Calling them miniature encyclopedias.

Analysis 8/23/2012

-Malcolm X most likely feels undereducated and embarrassed/oppressed to attempt to share his ideas with proper piers such as Muhammad. This makes his self education a motive. -This displays Malcolm's pride in his work to self educate through personal acknowledgment of his seamless oration skills. -Malcolm holds pity on himself for the ways of his past as he was unable to understand the main ideas of many novels and educated papers which he attempted to read. -This emphasis makes his struggle appear even more revolutionary and impossible for any man to overcome. -These techniques reveal Malcolm's sensitivity towards his entry into proper literacy and also clarifies his childlike motives into a condensed list of tasks.

-Malcolm sees societal acceptance amongst docile self educated prisoners these attitudes further influence his continued pursuit of literacy. -Malcolm enunciates the rare and diverse -This is most likely an actualization Malcolm library which he had access to while he was came upon later following his self education, learning to read and write. (Pankhurst) perhaps realizing his luck in his time of struggle. -He compares himself to a university student to -This statement makes apparent the pride emphasize his love of literature. Malcolm took in his self education as he personally believed it to be better that that of a established institution. -Malcolm, once literate, begins to devour -Malcolm, is perhaps attempting to utilize his literature and making historical analysis new skills in a way unoriginally intended. But connections towards the oppression of nonupon the study of literature his calling towards white races. a civil rights activist ignited. -Malcolm goes on a "hunt" for books to inform -This is my issue with the article. I believe him of black history. Malcolm became too carryed away looking for things that he wanted to find and through such

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actions became bitter towards all whites and a majority of the documents which he read. -Throughout the rest of the excerpt Malcolm -The works which Malcolm allows himself to outlines major literary works which he was become enthralled in ultimately become the impacted by and also mentions the evolution of driving force for his presence in the civil rights his study from that of novels to more historical movement, as well as his journeys abroad and culturally motivated works. leading to his conversion to a Muslim Sunni. -Malcolm wraps up his passage by -This conclusion displays Malcolm's sincerity emphasizing his grasp on the "deafness, towards his self education as well as his pride dumbness, and blindness" of the black towards his application of his knowledge American race. He also appeals towards his towards, what he believed to be, the greater emotions emphasizing the enabling force good. which prison proved to be for him.