Letter Malcom X
Malcolm X
Pg. 220-271
Dear
In August 1952, the prison releases Malcolm on parole into the custody of his brother Wilfred. Malcolm replaces his last name with “X” to represent the unknown African name he would have had if his ancestors not been kidnapped and enslaved. Elijah Muhammad appoints him as the assistant minister at the Detroit temple.Malcolm soon learns Elijah Muhammad’s life story. Elijah Muhammad needs ministers for his growing nation, so Malcolm X quits his job at the Ford Motor Company and begins extensive training. When Malcolm is ready, Elijah Muhammad sends him to Boston to aid in the founding of a temple there. Early in the summer of 1954, Muhammad appoints Malcolm to found the small New York Temple. He discovers that Sammy the Pimp is dead and that West Indian Archie is dying. In 1956 a woman named Betty joins the New York temple. Malcolm introduces Betty to Elijah Muhammad, and then proposes marriage abruptly from a payphone in Detroit. They marry and settle in Queens, New York, and have four children while Malcolm is alive; a fifth child is born after Malcolm’s death. In 1958, Malcolm’s half-sister, Ella, converts to the Nation of Islam.
Allusion "Not even in the Bible is there such a crime! God in His wrath struck down with fire the perpetrators of lesser crimes!" pg. 244 This is allusion because Malcolm is referencing a religious book. The book is written in the first person, focusing on his actions and thoughts at each point in his life. However, in each chapter he does include some opinions based on his current perspective late in his life. In the epilogue, Alex Haley speaks in the first person. For example Malcolm says, "They yelled "foul," that I'd made the subject a race issue." The narrator is omnisent. Malcolm being a real person did not know the feelings of every character. Malcolm tells his life story while he is in the last years of his life. Alex Haley recounts the end of Malcolm’s life in the epilogue since he was
Pg. 220-271
Dear
In August 1952, the prison releases Malcolm on parole into the custody of his brother Wilfred. Malcolm replaces his last name with “X” to represent the unknown African name he would have had if his ancestors not been kidnapped and enslaved. Elijah Muhammad appoints him as the assistant minister at the Detroit temple.Malcolm soon learns Elijah Muhammad’s life story. Elijah Muhammad needs ministers for his growing nation, so Malcolm X quits his job at the Ford Motor Company and begins extensive training. When Malcolm is ready, Elijah Muhammad sends him to Boston to aid in the founding of a temple there. Early in the summer of 1954, Muhammad appoints Malcolm to found the small New York Temple. He discovers that Sammy the Pimp is dead and that West Indian Archie is dying. In 1956 a woman named Betty joins the New York temple. Malcolm introduces Betty to Elijah Muhammad, and then proposes marriage abruptly from a payphone in Detroit. They marry and settle in Queens, New York, and have four children while Malcolm is alive; a fifth child is born after Malcolm’s death. In 1958, Malcolm’s half-sister, Ella, converts to the Nation of Islam.
Allusion "Not even in the Bible is there such a crime! God in His wrath struck down with fire the perpetrators of lesser crimes!" pg. 244 This is allusion because Malcolm is referencing a religious book. The book is written in the first person, focusing on his actions and thoughts at each point in his life. However, in each chapter he does include some opinions based on his current perspective late in his life. In the epilogue, Alex Haley speaks in the first person. For example Malcolm says, "They yelled "foul," that I'd made the subject a race issue." The narrator is omnisent. Malcolm being a real person did not know the feelings of every character. Malcolm tells his life story while he is in the last years of his life. Alex Haley recounts the end of Malcolm’s life in the epilogue since he was