Now, whenever Iwrite, there is alwaysa little voice insidemy head asking forevidence, checkingfor loopholes in myarguments, andreally just being ageneral nuisance.
This statement shows how debate skills transferred into his writing. It demonstrates how experiences outside of reading and writing can still influence literacy.
I arrived in the United States from Brazil notknowing a word of English
This moment highlights how unfair it is that kids whose first language is not English get treated poorly by their peers. Imagine if you or your sibling were treated that way, very sad.
By the time I was in the first grade, I was lugging around books that were almost too heavyfor me to lift.
This detail shows how books shaped his identity early on. It makes me think about which childhood books first made me feel connected to reading.
How is it that she could only see junk where I saw my entire life story?
This sentence shows the difference in how his mom views books versus how he values them. it introduces the idea that literacy can mean very different things to different people.
Malcolm discovery of how black history was erased from books reminds me of times now. As a now adult I've learned more about my history through social media then I ever did in school.
Malcolm says that prison gave him "more freedom" because he had more time to gain knowledge by reading, but I wonder if he would've ever started reading that much if he never went to prison.
I relate to X when he says how he feels limited when you don't have the words to express yourself because sometimes I feel like I know what I mean in my head, but I don't know how to put it into words.
When Malcolm X talks about copying the dictionary word for word I'm surprised he's able to do that. I wouldn't have the patience to do that but it shows how bad he wanted knowledge.