The Autobiography Of Malcolm X, By Alex Haley

The autobiography of Malcolm X, written by Alex Haley contains the story of one of the most influential and memorable activists in our history, the courageous life of Malcolm X is only but a small price he had to pay to express himself and encourage people to take the right path. The autobiography is told with three series of main key events that develop his character drastically throughout the novel. Malcolm Xs character being foretold and expressed is constantly being contributed with the reader allowing the engagement of his story to effect the audience in such a way that they can feel every inch of the strong emotion being expressed. The three main key events that are included in the novel include the crucial reasoning to why Malcolm expressed

The text begins with the woman who had raised him being pregnant, and instantly the sense of violence is introduced, the dangers of the Ku Klux Klan lurk within the beginning of the text and the description of fear is already being portrayed. "Nightmare” is appropriately titled the very first chapter. When this chapter is expressed not only does the reader already acknowledge struggle but there is also a brief background of his father. His father who was preaching the right that all African Americans had to go back to where he felt they belonged, he preached of the wrong that the “white man” oppresses amongst them and the cruelty they receive. An example of what may be racial identity, an example of how the color of ones skin was so effecting that his father felt the need to leave everything behind and truly felt that leaving was the

Being thrown in jail is a prime example of racial identity and Malcolm was revealed what is known to be “the true knowledge” the structure in this chapter describes the philosophy and mentality in which Malcolm transfers and as stated on page 162 he began to believe that “the devil is also a man” and he transforms his beliefs immensely. On page 165 the author uses vocabulary I 'm such a strong way for example a quote is started that “the devil white man cut these black people off from all knowledge of thief own kind, and cut them off from any knowledge of their own language, religion, and past culture, the black man in America was the earths only race of people who had absolutely no knowledge of his true identity” this expresses his beliefs in such a powerful way that the author feels his emotion and understand his new development. The main point that comes across is how blinded the people have become including