When I started reading the first chapter, I had first tried to put myself into Malcolm X position. It is because I always do it every time I read novels. It is actually to make sure that I really feel what he felt. As it is the first part of this book, so it consists of the background of Malcolm and his family. It is really sad and unfair when I read that the white Americans are very racist. For me, as they are all are citizens of the same country, racism can only create chaos. It is better to just accept differences and live harmoniously.
For me, what I can see, Malcolm is confused. He wants to be with the white, but at the same time he can felt that they are not really accepting him. There are certain limits for the black in America. This can be seen when the teachers make him felt discomfort. They did give him chance to be the class president but they make him down by saying that he should be carpenter. The discomfort makes him stayed with his sister house. Actually at this time, Malcolm thought that he himself being oppressed by the white. He did not really understand that it is the issue of race.
As I continued reading the book, I found out that Malcolm try to be in the society. He wants others to accept him. It is normal for human beings that want to be included. All of us want to be accepted by others. That is why Malcolm at one part of his life wants to show that he is just like other white-man as he coupled with white-woman even he did not love her.
This book also shows me that the influence of friends is very strong. It makes him try to be like other black Americans which imitate the white. It can be seen when he did the conk too. It is a very clear example that he also wants to be like the white.
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The verse from Surah Al- Hujurat also related to this story, which one part Malcolm met white-man in Mecca. The white-man is not like the other whites in America. I can feel the bonding of Islam that ties them.
As a conclusion, I find that this story is really can motivates and inspires us. I understand now, it is not only motivational books that can motivate us, but also one’s autobiography. All of the good part in his chapters of life should we take as the model for us to follow and the negative part, is for us to take as lessons. Whatever bad things that we had done will be affecting us in the future. There is no other person that will regret for our past mistakes accept us ourselves. However, every people learn from mistakes, whether it is our own mistakes or others. The most important is we realize the mistakes, and we do not repeat it again.
The End of White World Supremacy by Malcolm X is a blueprint for African Americans, to becoming more confident and powerful citizens in America. It disconnects Negroes from pre taught practices they have learned from White America, in hopes of converting them to the Nation of Islam, and becoming one with Allah. Malcolm was born into a Christian family, but after his father was ran over by white supremacist and separated from his mother in addition to being incarcerated for ten-years he eventually became Muslim.
The purpose is to further develop the character of Malcolm and the ethos, pathos, and logos expressed within the novel. The style and content all contributes to the power and beauty of the text. His narrative techniques include foreshadowing, for example in a previous chapter you see Malcolm 's relationship with his younger brother Reginald, really begin to grow and this central idea express his feelings, he seems to think very highly of Reginald and what he does. He states that he is mature for his young age, and comes across as a very intelligent put together person. Malcolm is what seems to be the reason why his brother is the way he expresses himself to be because he is a good Rolodex towards him and clearly plays a big role in his life. Malcolm 's character really develops as a leader. In chapter nine, he practically knows he will be assassinated, he really expects to make history and seems to strive to understand, Malcolm throughout the entire book seeks to know the meaning of why we as human beings are labeled and separated. Merely because we do not all look alike, and in this chapter, the author tells the story of “true knowledge” and this is where the dialogue really makes the chapter an incredible and shocking read. He speaks of the “black man,
The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told by Alex Haley is about a man who changed the history of America. Malcolm (Little) X preached what he believed about racism, discrimination, and segregation. He went through many changes in his fight for equality. The three transformations that really changed the way Malcolm thought and preached where his transformation in prison, his transformation into the Islamic religion (following Elijah Muhammad), and the biggest transformation of all, his pilgrimage to Mecca. In all of Malcolm actions, teachings and transformations we learn different points of view and we get a good look at different aspects of events. The life of Malcolm (Little) X as told in his autobiography should be read by all.
Of the people whose names are mentioned in history, some men like Thomas Edison are praised for their genius minds, while others such as Adolf Hitler are criticized for leaving a depressing legacy behind. While it is relative easy to notice the type of legacies these two men left, legacies of other men are often vague and they seem to be imbedded in gray shadows. This is how many people view the life of Malcolm X. Malcolm X during his lifetime had influenced many African Americans to step up for their rights against the injustices by the American government. One on hand, he has been criticized for his hard stances that resemble extremism, while on the other hand he has been praised him for his effort in raising the status for African Americans. The extremes in viewing his life from the modern day perspective have often come from reading his climatic speech The Ballot or the Bullet that he gave in many cities across America in 1964. When he was with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X favored Blacks to be separated from the Whites, and during this time he strongly opposed White Supremacy. This also seems quite prevalent in his speech The Ballot or the Bullet. However, one events during the last year of his life reveal that he wanted the Blacks and the Whites to coexist as peaceful Americans.
In “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” book, Malcolm X suffers to courageously advocate for the rights of blacks. He was a human rights activist. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. Malcolm focuses on how racism against blacks dehumanizes them. The Caucasoid race around Malcolm typically read him as one thing but human, and Malcolm’s need to correct this perception drives his fight for racial equality. He experiences delicate racism in his youth from his family and faculty, United Nations agency treat him otherwise from others as a result of him being black. Although his foster folks and a few of the people he encounters in class square are nice to him, Malcolm thinks these folks treat him nicely so as to point out however unprejudiced they are. He feels that they 're mistreatment of him as a result that he 's completely different, as if he were a “pink poodle.” At the start Malcolm successively dehumanizes the Caucasoid race as revenge for his own subjugation. In Boston, he displays his white girlfriend Sophia as a
In conclusion, I would like to say that this book is worthwhile reading although it is a quite thick and might take longer time to finish reading it. I might not good in reviewing a book or giving criticism for something. Reading this autobiography can benefit people in many fields. Different people will see things differently. So does when reading this book, certain people might take the lessons differently and it might benefit differently. For example, as a sociological study, it could provide fascinating insights into ghetto life and the ways which an individual learned to survive in the ghetto. Meanwhile as a religious work, it does tell about how an individual is struggling in order to find his God. And it cannot be denied as it is clear that in political work is the book has had its strongest impact.
Malcolm X’s encounter with his English teacher became a major turning point of his life (Cone 45) , not only, Malcolm X did not have a clear sense of his identity, Cone suggested that he was not even in a supportive environment where he could search for it and fight openly against others who denied him that right. It represented the end of his attempt to become integrated into a white society. Malcolm X believed that no matter what he did he would
the sense that they must stand together against the suppression of the whites and that they must endure their "non-Americanism" amongst the company of one another,. Yet, as soon as he has done this, Malcolm X. turns to make, what might seem, a paradoxical and fairly non-artistic.
He even notices this change within himself – “It was then I began to change—inside. I drew away from white people…nobody, including the teachers could decide what had come over me. I was being discussed.” (p. 39). Not only is this a major event for Malcolm’s character development, but it also conveys the central idea of systemic oppression in the text. Malcolm was an intelligent kid and had higher marks than most of the kids in his school. However, his teacher told him “A lawyer—that’s no realistic goal for a nigger.” (p.38). Systemic oppression is developed in this text because no matter how intelligent a black person was, they could not be as successful as a white
Malcolm X is an important figure in human history because he was a human rights activist and fought for equality among people. He was a proficient public speaker who spoke for minorities, mostly African Americans. By reading Malcolm X’s story, I visualize on how a man suffered from the effects of prejudice and his whole disposition was formed from it. I see how a very angry man stayed angry at the "white devils" f...
...ica. Anna Hartwell states, “Christianity occupies a central place in Malcolm’s account of white supremacy, in both its global and domestic incarnations” (Hartwell). She also states, “Against this Christian tainted legacy, Malcolm X counterpoises Islam as “the true religion of the black man”. Islamic universalism proffered for him an alternative to U.S. citizenship, which had constantly failed to live up to its promises for African Americans” (Hartwell). Malcolm X had an understandable dislike of the system of white supremacy because it is a system that thrives from people being on the bottom who have higher percentages of taxes taken out paychecks even though they make far less than everyone else. The thing about white supremacy is that it affects in a negative way poor people of all colors, but black people suffer the most for obvious reasons. This was the message
In fact, up to then, I never had been so free in my life” (Goshgarian pg. 144). He probably felt free because reading can be excited when you put yourself into the story. Having knowledge led him to a freedom that he never felt before in his life. The literacy changed his life and inspired him to find an interest in history. He began reading books on black history and how white people discriminated against black people and how they treated the colored men. In the article it says, “But at that time, I felt that the real reason was that the white man knew that he was the devil” (Goshgarian pg. 142). After reading the stories about the stuff white men did to black men Malcolm decided to join the nation of Islam.
When Malcolm hit the eighth grade his English teacher Mr. Ostrowski asked what he would like to do for a career when he was an adult. Malcolm said that he would like to become a lawyer. Mr. Ostrowski’s retort would be burned into Malcolm’s head for eternity. “A lawyer-that’s no realistic goal for a nigger. You need to think about something you can be.” Malcolm left Lansing and went to Boston to live with his sister Ella, because she had gotten custody of him and life in Lansing was unbearable. Malcolm stated “Whatever I have done since then, I have driven myself to become a success at it.” Malcolm was now mad at the world for the hardships it had given him, and he was determined to not let it get in the way of him being what he wanted to
Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers, he was courageous for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted White America in the harshest terms for its crimes against African Americans. Many accused Malcolm of preaching racism and violence; he has been recognized as one of the greatest and most inspiring African American Civil right leaders in American history. Malcolm had a rough life growing up as a kid, his father died when he was at the age of six and his mother was placed in a mental hospital. This wasn’t a great childhood for Malcolm and he went on the wrong path at the age of twenty. Malcolm was accused of breaking and entering and was sentenced to prison. While in prison he was a member of a group called the “Nation of Islam”. After being released from prison, Malcolm became a co-leader of this group and becoming the face of this controversial group teaching black supremacy, advocated the separation of black and white Americans and rejected the civil
My initial reactions to this movie were inspired and enlightened. Malcolm, like any young African-American boy in a time of racial hatred, did not have it easy growing up. In fact, he did not have it easy when he was in his teens to early twenties either. Nor did he have it easy when he was an adult. Yet, at least by his adult age he understood this and what his father had been fighting for. Therefore, with his Islamic conversion in prison, he set out to change the world as best as he sought. Thanks to this film and the autobiography it was based on, we can now truly understand this struggle, inner and outer, for justice, liberty, and the pursuit of all to have happiness. With Denzel Washington -traditionally a great actor- playing Malcolm