Review Of Malcolm X's Literacy Behind Bars Of Malcom X

In Malcom X’s short biography Literacy behind bars Malcom X, talks about how he learned to read and how prison help him expand his knowledge and how he learns to read. That “Where else but in a prison, could I have attacked my ignorance by being able to study intensely sometimes as much as fifteen hours a day. He shows how because he was in prisoned and had nothing else to do he could focus on reading and able to read the whole dictionary. Then he continues to say that if he wasn’t locked up most likely he wouldn’t have gained the knowledge he did while in prison. Malcom X purpose is to show people that you don’t have to go to some expensive private school to be able to gain knowledge you just need a book and the surroundings in were you can