Malcolm X Book Report

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In the book, Malcolm X, the main character, Malcolm X, has three major events that shape who he is and changed the path he followed.
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When Malcolm X is taken away from his family, he is put in a foster home and put in a primarily white school. He begins to excel in the school, having straight A’s being liked by his white peers (kind of) getting a job washing dishes and even being voted as class president. But one day Malcolm had an assignment asking what you want to be when you grow up. Malcolm writes that he wants to be a lawyer but his teacher, Mr. Ostrowski, says he can’t be a lawyer because of his race. In chapter 2, page 37 & 38 of paragraph 7 & 1.
“I was one of his top students, one of the school’s top students- but all he could …show more content…
But gets caught and are sentenced to 10 years in prison for something that should have been 3-5 years. The Judge threw the book at them because they had white girlfriends. In jail Malcolm X learns through his siblings of the story of Yacub and the nation of Islam which has a profound effect on Malcolm. He stops smoking and stops eating pork, because his brother told him it will somehow get him out of jail. This concerns the guards and the inmates and other cellmates. Malcolm becomes extremely fond of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam. Malcolm sees him almost as a demi-god because Elijah Muhammad claims to be the messenger of Allah. He begins to educate himself because he wants to talk to Elijah Muhammad with the ability to speak fluently and articulately so he begins reading and joins the prison’s debate club. Towards the end of his sentenced Malcolm has completely changed and unrecognizable. He went from a criminal to a heavily religious and devoted man to Allah. Chapter 11, 12 and 13 are all mainly about racial identity. Malcolm ponders his identity as a black man and his African history. He comes to believe that all white people are devils and black people are the original man and that Jesus was black. In chapter 12, page 193 of paragraph 8,9, and 10 he
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