Book Review: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Quote Page/ Paragraph Codes
1.) “Nearly all my whippings came from my mom”.
4/3
(C) As a child, I used to mess around in the street a lot during elementary school and my mother would solve some of the misbehaving with hitting me with the belt.
2.) The Klansmen shouted threats and warning at her that we had to get out of town… among the “good” Negroes of Omaha with “Back to Africa preaching’s of Marcus Garvey”.
1/1
(Q) Why didn’t the Klan also targeted Hispanic people as well as black people, since they are also a minority group?
3.) “Philbert was placed with another family in Lansing, a Mrs. Hackett, while Reginald and Wesley went to live with a family called Williams, who were friends of my mother’s. And Yvonne and Robert went to live with a West Indian Family named McGuire.”
22&23
(E) The author is showing how terrible the family’s live was. The family members were separated and was worse when a tragedy had happened earlier.
4.)”My mother at this time seemed to be always working, cooking, washing, ironing, and cleaning.”
7/4
(C) This quote shows that Malcolm X’s mother and mine do the same thing, and take care of the house we lived in and how we lived in it.
5.) “Paul on the road to Damascus, upon hearing the voice of Christ, was so smitten that he was knocked off his horse, in a daze.”
166/4
(R) Just like how Paul was reached by God, God had sent many people to reach Malcolm about religion and to save his life, so he too can be saved like the other followers.
6.) “Son read the Book of Revelation and prays to God”.
154/1
(E) The attitude Shorty has religion is what foreshadows Malcolm’s introduction to religion and his attitude towards Islam.
7.) “If you take one step toward Allah- Allah will take 2 steps towards you”
159/8
(R) The author is trying to show the reader that God or Allah listens to the prayers and answers them.
8.)”Elijah Muhammad spoke how the black man was Original Man, who
Quote Page/ Paragraph Codes
1.) “Nearly all my whippings came from my mom”.
4/3
(C) As a child, I used to mess around in the street a lot during elementary school and my mother would solve some of the misbehaving with hitting me with the belt.
2.) The Klansmen shouted threats and warning at her that we had to get out of town… among the “good” Negroes of Omaha with “Back to Africa preaching’s of Marcus Garvey”.
1/1
(Q) Why didn’t the Klan also targeted Hispanic people as well as black people, since they are also a minority group?
3.) “Philbert was placed with another family in Lansing, a Mrs. Hackett, while Reginald and Wesley went to live with a family called Williams, who were friends of my mother’s. And Yvonne and Robert went to live with a West Indian Family named McGuire.”
22&23
(E) The author is showing how terrible the family’s live was. The family members were separated and was worse when a tragedy had happened earlier.
4.)”My mother at this time seemed to be always working, cooking, washing, ironing, and cleaning.”
7/4
(C) This quote shows that Malcolm X’s mother and mine do the same thing, and take care of the house we lived in and how we lived in it.
5.) “Paul on the road to Damascus, upon hearing the voice of Christ, was so smitten that he was knocked off his horse, in a daze.”
166/4
(R) Just like how Paul was reached by God, God had sent many people to reach Malcolm about religion and to save his life, so he too can be saved like the other followers.
6.) “Son read the Book of Revelation and prays to God”.
154/1
(E) The attitude Shorty has religion is what foreshadows Malcolm’s introduction to religion and his attitude towards Islam.
7.) “If you take one step toward Allah- Allah will take 2 steps towards you”
159/8
(R) The author is trying to show the reader that God or Allah listens to the prayers and answers them.
8.)”Elijah Muhammad spoke how the black man was Original Man, who