Analysis Of Malcom X's A Homemade Education

After, being sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years, Malcolm X took that time to self- educate himself and in his essay, A Homemade Education, he informs his readers of his background and how he became the man he was. Malcolm X wanted his readers to understand that an education is what you make out of it, and not what you learn. He believed that you can go to the college of your dreams, and learn nothing from it. But, being willing to be educated, you can educate yourself and grow intelligently. He points out that you don’t need college to get a good education, but the will and want to learn, can also lead to a good education. And, he demonstrates that in this essay. In the first place, Malcolm X was born as Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, …show more content…
Unable, to write or read Malcolm began to rewrite the dictionary and read it back to himself. He learned every word in the dictionary broaden his vocabulary. However, as he continued on with his studies, Malcolm gained knowledge about his people and the hardship that they faced for many years. This new founded knowledge and information lead his dislike in the white American. It, also, became an eye opener for him. He states, “ I never will forget how shocked I was when I began reading about slavery’s total horror.” (Seagull, p.282) Further, in the essay, Malcolm explains to his readers that a self education isn 't less important than an education from a college. He demonstrates that when he exclaims that prison enabled him to study far more intensively than he would if he had went to college. Malcolm had a strong desire to point out his emotions and ideas toward education. While in prison he had become very motivated to learn and gain knowledge. He states, “ When I had progressed to really serious reading, every night at about ten P.M. I would be outraged with the “lights out.” It always seemed to catch me right in the middle of something engrossing.” (Seagull, p. 281) Finally, he shares his success of his homemade education to encourage his readers to accept a different form of …show more content…
With his new knowledge of the world, he began to express his emotions towards the injustices of his black people. His philosophy in changing the way his culture had suffered he developed a slogan by any means necessary, to break free of the white dominance that suppressed the black man. He was an extremist who didn 't believe that the problem of the suppressed African American would be solved through a peaceful, quiet mean, and nuances. He believed that the problem had graduated through the centuries and had come to a stage where the assertions of African Americans existence as humans had to be forced or never. (Okeke) Malcolm wanted his people to take pride in their African heritage. And, the way he did that was by campaigning and speeches that addressed the restore of the black mans