Malcolm X Learning To Read Essay Z
1 Mohammed
Zahraa Mohammed
English 3H
Mrs. Michelson / Period 3
12152014
Learn to Read
Literacy is a very strong tool that people could use to become successful in life and have a flourishing future. Having a high standard of reading is very crucial in terms of being an articulate writer and speaker. This happens in the article “Learning to Read”,
Malcolm X, a street hustler convicted of robbery who spent seven years in prison educating himself, articulately describes in depth details the process of learning to read and write and how he used his reading skills to read religion and history books later on.
Malcolm X claims that prison afforded him a great education free of distractions found in college, awakened him to his passion about reading, and it freed him to realize that black people had an honored history that had been effaced by the white people.
While in prison, Malcolm was very cautious about the time that he anticipated on certain activities, he managed to barge in all his time on learning and educating himself.
Malcolm developed high standards of reading and writing by starting off with reading and copying all of the dictionary. He Checked out a copious amount of books from the library and tended to read in total isolation of his own room. It shows how fascinated
Malcolm x was in the books he read that he used to even fake sleep for the guards every night so he could keep reading till three or four in the morning. Due to the amount of reading books and writing letters to Mr. Muhammad, Malcolm x developed high
2 Mohammed reading and writing standards, penmanship, and became an articulate writer and speaker. The main motivation that Malcolm X had was that he was inspired by Mr.
Muhammad, and wanted to sound articulate in the letters that he sends him, but he could not do this due to his weak vocabulary. Another motivation that Malcolm had was his prison inmate, Bimbi. Malcolm envied Bimbi for his knowledge and
Zahraa Mohammed
English 3H
Mrs. Michelson / Period 3
12152014
Learn to Read
Literacy is a very strong tool that people could use to become successful in life and have a flourishing future. Having a high standard of reading is very crucial in terms of being an articulate writer and speaker. This happens in the article “Learning to Read”,
Malcolm X, a street hustler convicted of robbery who spent seven years in prison educating himself, articulately describes in depth details the process of learning to read and write and how he used his reading skills to read religion and history books later on.
Malcolm X claims that prison afforded him a great education free of distractions found in college, awakened him to his passion about reading, and it freed him to realize that black people had an honored history that had been effaced by the white people.
While in prison, Malcolm was very cautious about the time that he anticipated on certain activities, he managed to barge in all his time on learning and educating himself.
Malcolm developed high standards of reading and writing by starting off with reading and copying all of the dictionary. He Checked out a copious amount of books from the library and tended to read in total isolation of his own room. It shows how fascinated
Malcolm x was in the books he read that he used to even fake sleep for the guards every night so he could keep reading till three or four in the morning. Due to the amount of reading books and writing letters to Mr. Muhammad, Malcolm x developed high
2 Mohammed reading and writing standards, penmanship, and became an articulate writer and speaker. The main motivation that Malcolm X had was that he was inspired by Mr.
Muhammad, and wanted to sound articulate in the letters that he sends him, but he could not do this due to his weak vocabulary. Another motivation that Malcolm had was his prison inmate, Bimbi. Malcolm envied Bimbi for his knowledge and