Malcom X essay
Steven Marmolejo Reflection Essay
The autobiography of Malcolm X was a good book to read and showed me things that I didn’t know about Malcolm X before. I liked this book a lot because Malcolm’s childhood and early adulthood were really shocking for me, as I have never heard about it before. I knew that Malcolm X was an important figure in fight against racism, but the way his life started from being a poor child to becoming a drug dealer as he got older surprised me. I didn’t know that someone could turn their life around like Malcom did by turning to Islam. Malcolm X’s autobiography showed me that during this time racism, poverty, and lack of education was at a high for black people in the United States. Malcolm X educated black people on fighting racism and not integrating into the society of the white people just to feel accepted and less inferior. Malcolm X wanted to inform black people that they were blinded by all the integration and that the only way to be truly free from the white man was to create his own identity and to rebel from the white man’s ways. The way Malcolm X was introduced to Islam was eye-opening because he saw other black people doing nothing to change their situation and stay satisfied with integrating into white society. Islam introduced Malcolm to fasting and living without luxury items allowing himself to have self-control to not do bad things on the street and to teach other people that they can do the same and transform their life. Malcolm X inspired me that you can turn your life around in either small or big ways. The way he turned from being a drug dealer with no education to an educated and well-spoken man who spread life changing ideas inspired me that I too can change things in my life to make a future for myself. No matter how hard you have hit rock-bottom Malcom showed me that he could bounce back and actually do something positive with his life. I could do the same with my life even though I haven’t hit
The autobiography of Malcolm X was a good book to read and showed me things that I didn’t know about Malcolm X before. I liked this book a lot because Malcolm’s childhood and early adulthood were really shocking for me, as I have never heard about it before. I knew that Malcolm X was an important figure in fight against racism, but the way his life started from being a poor child to becoming a drug dealer as he got older surprised me. I didn’t know that someone could turn their life around like Malcom did by turning to Islam. Malcolm X’s autobiography showed me that during this time racism, poverty, and lack of education was at a high for black people in the United States. Malcolm X educated black people on fighting racism and not integrating into the society of the white people just to feel accepted and less inferior. Malcolm X wanted to inform black people that they were blinded by all the integration and that the only way to be truly free from the white man was to create his own identity and to rebel from the white man’s ways. The way Malcolm X was introduced to Islam was eye-opening because he saw other black people doing nothing to change their situation and stay satisfied with integrating into white society. Islam introduced Malcolm to fasting and living without luxury items allowing himself to have self-control to not do bad things on the street and to teach other people that they can do the same and transform their life. Malcolm X inspired me that you can turn your life around in either small or big ways. The way he turned from being a drug dealer with no education to an educated and well-spoken man who spread life changing ideas inspired me that I too can change things in my life to make a future for myself. No matter how hard you have hit rock-bottom Malcom showed me that he could bounce back and actually do something positive with his life. I could do the same with my life even though I haven’t hit