No matter where you end up in life, what bad decisions you’ve made, or consequences you suffered self-education can make the best out of a bad situation. When Malcolm X read and wrote the dictionary almost in its entirety, he made the environment better for himself because of his curiosity for reading & writing. Reading & writing gave him the feeling of freedom each moment he laid his hands on a book because he felt that being imprisoned shouldn’t stop you from education. I feel that his literacy narrative was targeted to those who are bad situations, and making their shoulders heavier by dwelling on it. He’s made it seem that you don’t have to be miserable all the time. If you find something that you enjoy doing it can change the feeling of
