Examples Of Imagery In Malcolm X
Many elements of form used in this piece of literature is Imagery of sight. This is so the reader could get a vivid mental image that deepens the readers understanding of that exact scene. When Malcolm X was brutally assassinated the author used imagery to help the reader fully realize the perspective of what is happening. The author says “Then the other hand flew up. The middle finger of the left hand was bullet-shattered, and blood gushed from his goatee. He clutched his chest. His big body suddenly fell back stiffly, knocking over two chairs; his head struck the stage floor with a thud” (443). This enables the reader with a vivid picture of what Malcolm had looked like at the time.
Another element of form in this autobiography is foil. Foil is a minor character that sheds light or contracts on the protagonist, in this case Malcolm. While in prison Malcolm’s younger brother, Reginald …show more content…
who if it wasn’t for him Malcolm X probably would have not converted to the religion of Islam. Reginald had introduced him to the man who changed Malcolm’s life, Elijah Muhammad, head of the Nation of
Islam organization, which Malcolm later joined and gained popularity. Reginald explains to Malcolm: “He told me that this God had come to America, and that he had made himself known to man named Elijah- ‘a black man, just like us.’ This God had let Elijah know, Reginald said, that the devils ‘time was up.’ I didn’t know what to think. I just listened” (162). In this situation Reginald played the part of the foil in Malcolm’s life.
There had also been a lot of Catharsis within autobiography.
When growing up Malcolm and his family had been the target of society ever since he was born. When Malcolm a child his families first house was burned down while they were inside. This had tugged on the reader’s emotions which had made the readers feel a sort of sympathy for him and his family. He explains his story: “I remember being suddenly snatched awake into a frightening confusion of pistol shots and shouting and smoke and flames. My father had shouted and shot at the two white men who had set the fire and were running away. Our home was burning down around us. We were lunging and bumping and tumbling all over each other trying to escape…I remember we were outside in the night in our underwear, crying and yelling our heads off. The white police and firemen came and stood around watching as the house burned to the ground” (3). This allows the author to link back to the purpose of how the “white town” had torn this family apart which develops into Malcolm’s strong beliefs of fighting or rights of African
Americans.
Another element of form in this autobiography is foil. Foil is a minor character that sheds light or contracts on the protagonist, in this case Malcolm. While in prison Malcolm’s younger brother, Reginald …show more content…
who if it wasn’t for him Malcolm X probably would have not converted to the religion of Islam. Reginald had introduced him to the man who changed Malcolm’s life, Elijah Muhammad, head of the Nation of
Islam organization, which Malcolm later joined and gained popularity. Reginald explains to Malcolm: “He told me that this God had come to America, and that he had made himself known to man named Elijah- ‘a black man, just like us.’ This God had let Elijah know, Reginald said, that the devils ‘time was up.’ I didn’t know what to think. I just listened” (162). In this situation Reginald played the part of the foil in Malcolm’s life.
There had also been a lot of Catharsis within autobiography.
When growing up Malcolm and his family had been the target of society ever since he was born. When Malcolm a child his families first house was burned down while they were inside. This had tugged on the reader’s emotions which had made the readers feel a sort of sympathy for him and his family. He explains his story: “I remember being suddenly snatched awake into a frightening confusion of pistol shots and shouting and smoke and flames. My father had shouted and shot at the two white men who had set the fire and were running away. Our home was burning down around us. We were lunging and bumping and tumbling all over each other trying to escape…I remember we were outside in the night in our underwear, crying and yelling our heads off. The white police and firemen came and stood around watching as the house burned to the ground” (3). This allows the author to link back to the purpose of how the “white town” had torn this family apart which develops into Malcolm’s strong beliefs of fighting or rights of African
Americans.