Compare How Benjamin Franklin and Malco
Compare How Benjamin Franklin and Malcolm X Used Reading to Educate Themselves
Benjamin Franklin and Malcolm X are two outstanding leaders of our society, each one in his own right transformed our nation with their knowledge, eloquence and willingness to learn and their desire to improve our nation as a whole. It is amazing what a person can achieve by putting their heart, mind and soul into something that they believe. Each of this men used books in different ways to advance their own knowledge of the world that they live in.
From a very young age, Benjamin Franklin was very fond at reading and any money that came into his hands; he will use to purchase books. Franklin would read any time that was available to him, from the books that either his father had, or that he borrowed from a local store.
By working at the print shop that his brother James owned, gave Benjamin Franklin plenty of time to develop his love of books and reading. As a boy, Franklin spent many hours debating various topics with a friend, his name was John Collins, Franklin realized that he was not up to par with his friend, as he says in his autobiography, “He was naturally more eloquent, had a ready plenty of words...". When the debating continued through letters, Franklin realized his shortcomings as a writer as well and sought to improve his skills. "I sat down to put my arguments in writing...fell short in elegance of expression, and determined to endeavor at improvement." In the same manner Malcolm X had a similar experience in prison with an inmate called
“Bimbi”. Malcolm was jealous of Bimbi’s knowledge and the way he took charge of any conversation he entered. Not only that, but Malcolm X was frustrated by the fact that he was a poor reader and writer as he mentions in his autobiography, “…every book I picked up had few of the words that might as well have been in Chinese… "I became increasingly frustrated at not being able to express what I wanted to convey in letters that I wrote."
Benjamin Franklin and Malcolm X are two outstanding leaders of our society, each one in his own right transformed our nation with their knowledge, eloquence and willingness to learn and their desire to improve our nation as a whole. It is amazing what a person can achieve by putting their heart, mind and soul into something that they believe. Each of this men used books in different ways to advance their own knowledge of the world that they live in.
From a very young age, Benjamin Franklin was very fond at reading and any money that came into his hands; he will use to purchase books. Franklin would read any time that was available to him, from the books that either his father had, or that he borrowed from a local store.
By working at the print shop that his brother James owned, gave Benjamin Franklin plenty of time to develop his love of books and reading. As a boy, Franklin spent many hours debating various topics with a friend, his name was John Collins, Franklin realized that he was not up to par with his friend, as he says in his autobiography, “He was naturally more eloquent, had a ready plenty of words...". When the debating continued through letters, Franklin realized his shortcomings as a writer as well and sought to improve his skills. "I sat down to put my arguments in writing...fell short in elegance of expression, and determined to endeavor at improvement." In the same manner Malcolm X had a similar experience in prison with an inmate called
“Bimbi”. Malcolm was jealous of Bimbi’s knowledge and the way he took charge of any conversation he entered. Not only that, but Malcolm X was frustrated by the fact that he was a poor reader and writer as he mentions in his autobiography, “…every book I picked up had few of the words that might as well have been in Chinese… "I became increasingly frustrated at not being able to express what I wanted to convey in letters that I wrote."