Literary Narative Reflection.

While reading “Literacy Behind Bars” by Malcolm I was truly inspired.  He was such a significant person in history not only because of the fight he put up for equal rights. He became significant when people realized that he had conquered his demons and pushed forward, not matter the difficulty. So the idea that he would not have been able to create the imagery and fluency of what he was writing if he had not learned how to read in jail that is mind boggling to me. Malcolm was not always my favorite historical advocate, civil rights hasn’t been my favorite part of history in a long time but reading this made me want to look more into that era history, his writing made me want to put down the books about the holocaust and their struggles and read about the struggles that happened in my own country.  I think without people like Malcolm X and others who stood up for equal rights that the world we live in would not be the same. But I also think that without a well-developed vocabulary these people would not have gotten to where they are. So the fact that people could go through jail or even just a life changing experience and it makes them want to better themselves is inspiring.

Malcolm X created an inspiring situation through his words, he gave you hope. He give you the hope that you could overcome oppression, whether it is from someone else or because your pride won’t let you admit that you are not where you need to be. Malcolm X knew that his audience would be open minds like ours, or closed minds he would have to convince otherwise. Either way his writing was assembled in a way that everyone could relate to his struggle in some way or another. I admire his inspirational writing and wish one day that I could write with the same passion and inspire someone the same way.