Frederick Douglass Malcolm X And Sandra Cisneros

Is reading and writing a blessing or a curse. Throughout history many have learned have learned to read and write ending up with different perspectives each time. Once these people began to learn to read and write their minds opened up to the world around them revealing how cruel it really was. Some of the people that opened up their eyes to real world were: Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, And Sandra Cisneros, of which, wrote about all of their painful experiences of before they learned to be literate and also after in their own autobiographies. Frederick Douglass, a former slave, lived during the time where slavery was allowed but yet figured out to read and write in many ingenious different ways. Malcolm X, a protester against discrimination, helped Elijah Muhammad
An example in Frederick’s case is, “My mistress, who had kindly commenced to instruct me, had, in compliance with the advice and direction of her husband, not only ceased to instruct, but had had set her face against my being instructed by anyone else”(p. 113, lines 5-6). Frederick had it rough on himself since he was a slave and couldn’t be taught to read or write because it was illegal to do so. In Malcolm X’s case he really didn’t have any obstacles in his way, but Sandra's case was a bit different. Sandra had a father who didn’t recognize her or anything that she ever did. ‘I wanted my father my father to understand that what it was I was scribbling, to introduce me as “My only daughter, the writer.” Not as “ This is my only daughter. She teaches.” Es maestra - teacher. Not even profesora’ (Only Daughter by Sandra Cisneros). Malcolm X really didn’t have any obstacles in his way the same way that Frederick and Sandra did. He most of the time turned those obstacles into stepping stones like when he was in prison, he used that opportunity to learn to