Malcolm X: Helpful Or Successful?

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Malcolm X was the first black African-American muslim man. Before he was prominent

black muslim, his rest of life was in prison. Every time he is free, he don’t waste time on

anything but reading. He never stop reading, also Malcolm X copied all the words from

dictionary. Every few seconds of his life in jail he was reading books. However, during

his time in prison, he learned so many words and wrote millions of words. He never just

gave up on reading and learning. However, for everyone it’s every hard to be as

Malcolm X. For example, in my case, I don’t have the ability like him to read book every

few second, but I do have ability to do other stuff. As, being capable of doing something

better at everything I try hard. In conclusion,

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