ow the Islam faith. In the text, Malcolm X was mainly influenced by the words of Elijah Poole, who he refers to as Mr. Muhammad. Likewise, the intended effect towards the audience is to persuade the audience that Islam holds the teachings of truths and facts, not opinions. Certainly, Malcolm X aims to leave the audience infuriated towards white men, because they are ‘devils who unleashed their wrath upon black people’. Interestingly, I did not perceive this similar effect towards the story. In a way, I was almost offended at how stereotypical Malcolm X’s sermons could be at points. That is, due to the fact that the sermons he gave included strong beliefs that the white man was the cause of the black man’s failure in life. He believed that as
