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    Some of the people that opened up their eyes to real world were: Frederick Douglass‚ Malcolm X‚ And Sandra Cisneros‚ of which‚ wrote about all of their painful experiences of before they learned to be literate and also after in their own autobiographies. Frederick Douglass‚ a former slave‚ lived during the time where slavery was allowed but yet figured out to read and write in many ingenious different ways. Malcolm X‚ a protester against discrimination‚ helped Elijah Muhammad

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    Malcolm X was a very courageous leader. He showed passion in his speeches and spoke for a purpose. He started very unknown but grew through the ranks. Later he would become one of the most well known leaders speaking for the Islamic religion. He also spoke out for the good of all the colored people and spoke for the civil rights movement.Malcolm X made an impact on the world by speaking out for colored people all around the world. Malcolm X was born as Malcolm Little on May 19‚ 1925 in Omaha

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    Alanna Mason Period 8 Martin Luther King v. Malcolm X Martin Luther King has been known for using peace to help him get equality among all people but especially African-Americans. He was not the type of leader that resorted to violence in order to get the equality that he fought for. King has been known for moving people by the use of his speeches like King’s I Have a Dream and I’ve Been to the Mountaintop speeches. King shows through these speeches that even though he was determined to get equal

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    Malcolm X and Frederick Douglas are two famous story about the African American in the 20th century. They are both a slave and did not have a chance to go to school to study English. However‚ they had a motivation to study how to read and write by themselves. Malcolm X studied English by copying all the words in the dictionary‚ which he borrowed from the Charlestown Prison Colony. Meanwhile‚ Frederick Douglas tried to read so many books‚ and learned from other kids‚ who can read and write. They had

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    Two authors‚ Frederick Douglass in his essay “Learning to Read and Write” and Malcolm X in his essay “Learning to Read” explore the difficulties they had while trying to teach themselves a literate education. Although Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass learned in different eras and environments‚ using different strategies‚ they both had a similar frustrated tone and goal to learn how to read and write. Douglass and X were both African Americans teaching themselves how to read and write. Douglass

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    Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were two very influential men during the Civil Rights Movement. While they both were fighting for the same things‚ they had quite different ways of acting upon solving these problems. A lot of people see them as complete opposites‚ seeing as they had contrasting views on violence versus peace. Most are very familiar with King‚ seeing as he has his own holiday‚ but not many people may know what he did or was involved with other than civil rights. Both men were adamant

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    Malcolm X is evoked as one of the greatest and influential African American figures‚ at the same time degraded for the violence he provoked as well as his black supremacy teachings. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ on the other hand‚ is recognized as the greatest influential character in the black Civil Rights Movement‚ with teachings of non-violent resistance and equal rights for blacks and whites. After spending several years in prison‚ Malcolm converted to the Muslim religion and utilized newspaper

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    rights or having a younger new generation‚ like Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael. Both bringing questionable methods that differentiate from John Lewis’ methods when it came

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    Outline for Comparative Essay 1. Thesis- Although King uses great allusions and much reasoning to get his point across‚ I feel that Malcolm X was more persuasive in his speech‚ The ballot or the bullet‚ because of his ability to connect with his audience with his extensive use of Anaphora and Asyndeton/Polysyndeton. Emphasising his points with anaphora/epistrophe. -Malcolm X‚ Anaphora‚ Polysyndeton‚ Asyndeton‚ Metaphor -Audience Easier to persuade 2. Compare different ways of using rhetorical device

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    Malcolm Gladwell argues in his essay‚ “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Retweeted‚” that social media or the Internet is not an effective tool to use for activism because it is done with low-risk‚ weak-ties‚ and nobody leading the cause. Gladwell’s argument is strong and weak at the same time as some of his points still holds true in today’s society‚ while some do not‚ as his essay was from five years ago‚ when Internet activism was not as popular as it is today. He presented good examples

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