Learning to Read Malcolm X

In the book Learning to Read, Malcolm X describes his home-cured Education. He started his homemade grooming because his ability to fill and write was hampered, which thwarted him. He better himself with a dictionary and began painstakingly copying any entry. He began remembering the words and what they meant. Over a period of m he finished copying out the whole dictionary. Malcolm regarded the dictionary as a miniature encyclopedia. As his word base broadened, he set up that he could understand what he read.Malcolm read every free signification he had and he would stay up long nights information until 3 or 4 in the morning. As Malcolm continued to read he gained an extensive interest in History books. He was astounded at the knowledge he obtained slightly the history of black civilizations throughout the world. However, his reading was not limited to history because he also read about genetics, philosophy, and religion. Malcolm possessed the ability to teach himself the E nglish language when one knows how daedal it is.His relentless efforts not only bettered his intelligence but also his education on topics such as history, genetics and philosophy. In Learning to read, the tone of Malcolm Xs voice is exalted. Malcolm started on the streets as a hustler but later taught himself how to read in which he educated himself on the history of black civilization. With all of the knowledge Malcolm gained from reading, he is proud to have proved Arnold Toynbee wrong. Toynbee stated that Africa was the only continent to produce no history. Malcolm however, states Africa did posses history it simply was not enter. In 1857, some of the desperate hoi polloi from India finally mutinied- and expecting the African Slave trade, nowhere in history recorded anymore unnecessary bestial and ruthless human carnage than the British suppression of the non-white Indian people. Finally, Malcolm uses his education to boast and dignify his life. He fly around the world to s peak to people of his success and it boosts his ego easily when people think he has gone to school well former(prenominal) 8th grade. It is truly remarkable to teach oneself the English language and Malcolm X is extremely proud of his accomplishments.