Tony Scott, the author of, “Writing Enacts and Creates Identities and Ideologies”. Scott explains how ideologies are used in everyday life by stating that, an ideology is a “system of ideas and beliefs that together constitute a comprehensive worldview.” (Scott, 1) People throughout the world live through ideologies every day on the basis of religion, skin color, and where they are from. Such as the social class they are associated with. Family background is another basis of how an individual sees ideology. For example, throughout history girls and boys were taught growing up that men should be the provider for their family financially and the women’s responsibilities were to take care of the home and their children. The story ‘Learning to …show more content…
Things such as culture, identity, power, and worldview have been mentioned in his reading which translates to the story ‘Learning how to Read’ by Malcolm X. Malcolm X was a man that wanted to create change, inspired. by Martin Luther King Jr., Malcom X chose to express his desire to change differently then MLK did. MLK’s ways of protesting were peace. He promoted equality and worked with everyone. Malcolm X used the ‘self-defense’ approach. Malcolm X had a troublesome childhood growing up. He was an orphan early and he dropped out of school in 8th grade because his teacher told him he couldn’t succeed on being a lawyer based on his race. He was later arrested in 1945 for burglary and was sent to prison. It was then and there where Malcolm X found his passion of reading and writing. There he was also introduced to a man by the name of Bimbi, Malcom X stated that he wanted to ‘emulate’ him. Tony Scott says that, “writers are socialized, changed, through their writing in new environments…” (Scott, 2). This quote relates because it reinstates what Deborah Brandt wrote in her piece, “Sponsors of Literacy”. She said, “Sponsors are delivery systems for the economies of literacy, the means by which these forces present themselves to-and …show more content…
One of the things that Scott says in his excerpt is that, “… writing is an ideological, socially involved practice and thus inescapably implicated in identity…” (Scott, 3) His message is to express how literacy has become a part of our social life. He also states that there will never be a time that literacy doesn’t involve worldview and ideologies. Not only does Scott’s piece relate to Malcolm X’s story, ‘Learning how to Read’, but it relates to Strasser’s piece based on how writing should be like. In Strasser’s piece, she talks about how, ‘writing and education are useless tools if they fail to speak to a student’s life, experience, and passions… Janna made us believe that our voices mattered.’ (Strasser, 200). The last part of the quote is very significant in similarity to Malcolm X. For example, when Malcolm X got out of jail, he didn’t just gain knowledge intellectually, he realized that his voice mattered, and he had to do something about the racism that was going on at the
Malcolm X, a world-renowned activist leader. His essay “Homemade Education” expresses his determination to read and write better. He desired to be able to grab the audience attention and shock them with his knowledge. Malcolm X became an influential leader from reading and writing in prison despite the lack of formal education of black men.
In the narrative, “Learning to Read,” Malcolm X discusses the topic of how significant it is to learn how to read and write and how it can be beneficial. He believes that people should take initiative and go for what they want in life instead of making excuses. First, he opened up by saying how frustrated he was not being able to read or write. After he was involved in criminal activity, Malcolm, was sentenced for seven years in Charlestown prison. During his time in prison, he met a prisoner named Bimbi.
Once he was released from prison, he became one of the movements leading ministers. After years of single handedly caring for her six kids, Louis Little had been declared mentally insane and had been institutionalized, sending her kids to separate foster homes. In the eighth grade, Malcolm X was asked what he wanted to be when he grew up. After answering with “a lawyer”, his teacher told him that his goal was “unrealistic for a nigger”.
In Malcolm X excerpt “Learning to Read”, Malcolm X was sent to prison at a young age where he began his journey to achieve a homemade education. Malcolm X became motivated and strived to enhance his education when he first began to write letters. He often became frustrated and discontent writing to Muhammad, not being capable of communicating how he felt. In addition, Malcolm X did not know how to write proper English since all of his youth he did not attend school and was just a “hustler.” Once, he was sent to prison Malcolm X decided to further his education and began to teach himself.
Malcolm X was in prison from 1946 to 1952 for robbery which started his transformation of his life from a street hustler to a Leader of the Nation of Islam. While in prison an older inmate, John Elton Bembry recognized Malcolm was very intelligent and encouraged him to read. Malcolm focused his readings on history and philosophy. While attending school the only information he ever read about African Americans was a paragraph in a book. He read deep into the night after lights out.
Malcolm X eventually loves to read and would always read as much as he can, but in my case, I cannot say that I really love calculus and would do it all the time. Though, I do enjoy solving the problems and learning something new from it which gives me a sense of achievement. Malcolm X’s goal was to learn to read and eventually becoming his joy to read whereas my goal was to understand calculus and solve its problems which only stayed as a goal. In the end, both of us were able to achieve our goals and gained something valuable and
In contemporary philosophy, the epistemic value of different methods of education, political divergence, and personal freedom, can all be viewed as falling under the umbrella of the larger question of how one can achieve the “American Dream.” To achieve the “American Dream,” or achieve a better life than one had prior, while outcomes of this pursuit may be different from person to person, their journeys can often foster latent similarities. Malcolm X and Benjamin Franklin were men from different centuries, different socioeconomic statuses, different races, and different upbringings, yet their journeys to achieving the “American Dream” were very similar. Despite their fundamental differences, Malcolm X and Benjamin Franklin were analogous in
Knowledge is key Describe what both reading and writing means to authors. All authors read and write about something that resembles their past, or even about someone that inspires them. Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, and Sandra Cisneros are all amazing writers, but what does reading and writing actually mean to them? Frederick douglass wrote a lot about his life and how hard it was for him to learn how to read and write.
Malcolm X began his speech by urging African Americans to submerge their differences and realize that they all have a common problem - political oppression, economic exploitation, and social degradation at the hands of the white man. Malcolm X was one of the most dynamic, dramatic and influential figures of the civil rights era. He was an apostle of black nationalism, self respect, and uncompromising resistance to white oppression. Malcolm X was a polarizing figure who both energized and divided African Americans, while frightening and alienating many whites.
The most noteworthy events were his childhood and early experiences with racism , his life as a pimp involved in a variety of scenes of crime in Boston and Harlem , his time spent in jail where he was introduced to the Nation of Islam by his brother Reginald , and his leaving of the nation of Islam to discover and preach his own viewpoints and beliefs as they not only changed his attitudes but his beliefs and the way he viewed himself, the world, and his people. To begin with, Malcolm X was born on February 21st, 1925 as Malcolm Little, his original, legal birth-name. His childhood was definitely a rough one: one filled with racism, violence, and familial hardships and tragedies. Ever since he could begin to perceive the world from a young age, Malcolm was exposed to large bouts of racism and racial injustice. Most would concur that racism is not a
Malcolm X was a Muslim minister who was also African American. He was a activist for human rights, Malcolm was a bold and courageous spokesperson for blacks to have rights,Malcolm X declared America “white America” to have the most harshest of terms for it’s tenacious treatments against African Americans. In the year 1946, he was sentenced to prison because he was caught breaking and entering. When he was incarcerated, he was chosen to become a member of the Nation of Islam. This is when he changed his birth name from Malcolm Little to Malcolm X. Later he had written,”Little was the name that the white slave master … had imposed upon paternal forebears” After his parole in 1952 his popularity grew and became the organization 's most influential leaders, and served as the public face of the controversial group for a dozen years.
In the comic biography Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography written by Andrew Helfer, Malcolm Little is currently distressed due to being arrested his second time. He uses his time he has in jail to learn. The Autobiography of Malcolm X is an autobiography written by Malcolm X and Alex Haley. Malcolm Little’s perspective of engrossing himself with learning the black man’s history and the Nation of Islam (NOI) in prison is told throughout the autobiography. Malcolm’s yearning desire to read books in the graphic biography is indicated when, “...and Malcolm read hundreds of them.
“The Columbian Orator” was the first book Frederick Douglass ever owned as an imprisoned slave. After having the ability to read and write, Frederick had craved more. The Hugh family in the south viewed Frederick as property to their household. As a little boy, he was taught how to read and write by a kind hearted woman who was the wife of Mr.Hugh, which made her the slave owner of him. “My mistress who kindly commenced to instruct me”.
Malcolm X brings in this setting and associates completely different qualities to not only a prison setting, but also himself, and learning and its process. Throughout the setting in Charlestown Prison, Malcolm X describes his experience as extremely enlightening which is definitely not typically an idea associated with any prison or time spent in prison. He describes to his audience a place where he expanded his knowledge and learning skills beyond immensely all while in an unideal setting. However, even though the setting may seem unideal, it plays a huge role in his learning process and how he addresses his issue within the learning process. Malcolm X goes through prison learning more than he ever would outside in the free world, by visiting the library as if his life depended on it and completely committing himself to gain knowledge that he hadn’t previously acquired.
To conclude this statement, religion has a powerful effect when it comes to one’s identity. Religious values shape someone’s way of thinking and behaving. Furthermore, literature has a powerful effect on knowledge. Restricting such things makes it difficult for one to shape and build their own identity and also demonstrates power, control and ownership from higher slave owners.