THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X 1 The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley ABSTRACT 2 Malcolm X had a hard life. He struggled with coexitsting with whites all of his life. He had many trials and tribulations during his time which formed his opinions of races and equality between races. He was taught his earlier opinions by his learning experiences and what he experienced growing up. As he got older he developed a different sense of what
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acquire from Malcolm X’s autobiography however‚ was how he emerged from the experience with new and greater insight. After meeting with and experiencing the genuine hospitality and kindness of Dr. Omar Azzam‚ Malcolm X was able to expand his own personal boundaries‚ allowing himself to question his stance on the demonization of the white man. By putting himself into an environment that made him feel uncomfortable and surrounding himself with by a race he has been conditioned to distrust‚ Malcolm X was able
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lesson to never mess with any black people ever again (in the article‚ the black child beats the white child to “within an inch of his ass-cracker life”). This exaggerates Malcolm X’s real words‚ which were more to the effect of “By any means necessary”‚ in order to achieve humour. However‚ the article does not only make fun of Malcolm X. The final paragraph is supposed to be a quote of what the FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover at the time of the event said about the speech: “…it would appear that‚ after
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light the atrocities and trials that the African Americans were put through on a daily basis. Malcolm X‚ an influential speaker and proponent of this movement‚ invigorates all people to stand up for justice and fight for proper civil rights. Through his rhetorical choices of sentence length‚ vivid imagery‚ symbolism and historical examples‚ X develops the three persuasive appeals‚ pathos‚ ethos and logos. Malcolm X attacks the white man for the hardships that the blacks of the United States have to endure
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THE LIKELY MERGER BETWEEN BHARTI AIRTEL AND MTN Let me start of by giving a brief introduction on the background of the two companies involved‚ that is Bharti Airtel & South Africa’s MTN‚ about whom we will be talking at length later on in the discussion. COMPANY PROFILES: Bharti Airtel: Bharti Airtel is the flagship company of Bharti enterprises. It is India’s largest and first private telecom service provider with a footprint in all three 23 telecom circles. Bharti Airtel since its inception
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The Autobiography of Malcom X The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) by Alex Haley‚ deliberates influencing writing with the uses of simple rhetoric devices. This is developed through the many stages of Malcolm’s life: on the streets of Harlem‚ his wonders in the Nation of Islam and Mecca‚ as he evaluates his views on racialism‚ politics‚ and spiritually. In Malcolm’s childhood‚ his memories from Ku Klux Klan come back‚ since the destruction his family were backgrounds of hardship. the biographies
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According to Malcolm Clark‚ “Muslims today who want to establish a Muslim state often look to the first Islamic states for models to emulate and for inspiration” (Clark 15). Therefore‚ to develop an understanding of the Muslim culture‚ we must review the birth and expansion of Islam. Islam began when the angel Gabriel appeared before Muhammad‚ telling him that God had declared him as “His last prophet” (Clark 9). This happened in 610 A.D. in Mecca‚ presently known as Saudi Arabia. Over the course
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I saw a positive role religion played in Malcolm X’s transformation through the abilities he achieved with reading‚ writing and conversing with others. If he had not been exposed to Allah who triggered in him the desire to know more and converse more with Mr. Elijah Muhammad‚ he would never have learned to read or write as well as he did. The extension of this learning then enabled him to know the true history of black men. Initially I felt the story of this religion was a bit farfetched with
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Book Review – The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a written collaboration between Malcolm X and author Alex Haley. It is the story of Malcolm X’s life from his perspective‚ describing life events and realizations from childhood‚ through multiple phases of reinvention and enlightenment‚ and concluding with the chapter 1965‚ which was the same year as his death. This final chapter establishes Malcolm X’s general outlook on his life‚ where he discusses his understanding
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course‚ college is not quite the same as high school‚ and I have not always gotten the near-perfect results I used to expect. While I am working on my perfectionism as a separate issue‚ I am glad to take this opportunity to learn more about how to succeed in college. Three strategies I learned in this chapter include how to better prepare before class‚ how to review after class‚ and how to improve my note-taking strategies. Completing the assigned reading before class is a habit I carryover from high
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