Compare And Contrast Frederick Douglass And Sandra Cisneros

“When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose. You’re invisible now. You got not secrets to conceal.” We have all felt at some point in our life that we’re alone and that nothing can get worse. It’s almost as Bob Dylan states we have nothing to lose or in a metaphorical term you’re invisible. Imagine these thoughts on your mind 24/7 eating away your very soul or you as a person. Sadly Frederick Douglas, Malcolm X, and Sandra Cisneros all shared these thoughts in common. Although some of their complications and lives were different these differences didn’t restrict their thoughts to being all similar. In a way feeling these thoughts only made them victorious and made them to be role models for many. Now go back 198 years and imagine yourself being nothing but a young child without a clue
Now with Malcolm his story is different. He had the free will but he appointed at the beginning of his life to do poorly. Being only 13 and jumping from foster homes to foster homes did the man some damage. Soon he became a criminal, going to prison for breaking and entering. But being in prison really changed Malcolm X. Just like Frederick he needed to find an escape, although Frederick was metaphorically imprisoned Malcolm X was actually in prison and turned to reading hoping it’d free his mind and indeed that’s what it did. Not only did he feel free when he read he felt it was the way of life. Malcolm X then wanted to prove he was more than just a prisoner that he was put on the earth to do more than just commit crimes. When Malcolm X got out of prison, he used his love for reading to influence the world with his beliefs and became a motivational speaker. Sadly like many of the greats Malcolm X was assassinated for speaking out what he believed in he didn’t stop he continued to read he was eager to change the world and in a way that’s exactly what he did so in a way he died for doing what he loved which was