The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The books that I chose to read for this assignment were The Year of Living Biblically by A.J Jacobs, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. I also chose to listen to “Letting Go of God” by Julia Sweeney. The two that I am choosing to focus on are The Year of Living Biblically and “Letting Go of God” because after reading and listening to them, I feel that there is a lot to compare and contrast and that I learned a lot in the differences in their two situations. I really enjoyed how both authors…

An analysis of “Saved” from The Autobiography of Malcolm X demonstrates the social barriers that prevent equitable literacy and the value society places on reading and writing. Graff and Duffy’s Literacy Myths explicitly discusses social values and access to literacy. Graff and Duffy argue that literacy myths are grounded in the belief that “literacy is a necessary precursor to and invariably results in economic development, democratic practice, cognitive enhancement and upward social mobility”…

Lee’s second shortcoming on presenting Malcolm the person rather than Malcolm the myth lies in his strategic use of speeches. Lee uses Malcolm’s speeches to perpetuate the myth that Malcolm was the epitome of black culture and oppression under a white regime. Each speech that Lee chooses to put in the film is based on a real speech that Malcolm X gave. These speeches are technically historically accurate, yet they say a lot about the motive behind creating this film. The first speech is based on…

Compare & Contrast Essay In My First Conk, Malcolm X portrays a story of his first conking experience followed by his inevitable distaste for the habit and the encouragement to stop it. In The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria, Dr. Judith Ortiz Cofer provides some insight on the stereotypes that plague Latina women as well as the reasoning behind it and personal examples that she’s experienced. Malcolm X and Dr. Cofer are both members of minority races who handled their…

Mentoring Program Curriculum ϖ Goals and Expected Outcomes In this program, we want for our mentees to feel welcomed in a space where they can voice their concerns, get answers to their questions, and learn not only about themselves but about the struggles that the black community has faced throughout time and continues to battle in today’s society. As a whole, we believe that by coming together, we will be able to foster healthy relationships with these young boys who, unfortunately, based on…

poem “For Malcolm X” is wrote by Margaret Walker. Based on my research, “Margaret Walker, in full Margaret Abigail Walker, married name Margaret Alexander, (born July 7, 1915, Birmingham, Ala., U.S.—died Nov. 30, 1998, Chicago, Ill.), American novelist and poet who was one of the leading black woman writers of the mid-20th century” (Britannica). At the same time, “Her literature generally contained African American themes” (Goodreads). According to her background, we will introduce Malcolm X and…

to. During the time when Malcolm X, Federick Douglass, and Richard Wright were growing up they were not allowed to learn how to read or write. Even though they were prohibited to learn those skills, Malcolm X, Federick Douglass, and Richard wright found their own ways to learn to read and write. I will discuss ways to improve my literacy skill and the thing I will sacrifice to obtain better skills. First, i will talk about how Malcolm X learned to read and write. Malcolm X learned to read by…

Movement Alex Haley wrote a coruscating autobiographical novel about Malcolm X during the Civil Rights movement. Malcolm was a radical Civil Rights leader that used what some might call primitive tactics in order to achieve his goal. With this novel people got a better idea about Malcolm`s viewpoints and were able to understand Malcolm a little bit better. Historically after the novel was published according to a database “Malcolm X articulates a truth already latent but ungrasped in the…

and circumstances. Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X were monumental and influential and prominent (pattern c) figures in American history. In the books Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, (pattern B) both Douglass and Malcolm used their extraordinary oratorical skills and charisma to object to the systematic oppression and subjugation that was imposed on African-Americans. The philosophy of Douglass and Malcolm is characterized by the similarities and…

inflicts upon her life in the long run. When looking back on the downward spiral that was triggered by Laura’s fight with her grandmother to be able to go out with Malcolm, Malcolm claims responsibility for not preventing these negative changes to occur and ruin the life of a promising young woman. He also claims that the effect…