Malcolm X's Autobiography

Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley is the autobiography of Malcolm’s impeccable life as someone who affected the history of America and the black population within America. Through this book you can see the life of many black men during this time. This story is written as a narrative clearly stating the viewpoint of Malcolm X’s life. This story although filled with facts of the time period which Malcolm lived his life it must be remembered that it is from the perspective of a man who was highly discriminated. He even says so himself that the hypocritical northern Americans are who shaped him to be the man he was. Often time’s people look at the situation in which Malcolm X was in and do not understand how the white man could act so cruelly, however, in this time it was simply natural behavior. Malcolm X was raised in Lansing. His father was a supporter of Garveyism until he was brutally murdered leading to his mother being declared as insane. He and his siblings were separated to different homes where he was treated as a pet or a mascot. He then went to move with his sister Ella in what would have been considered a nice place for colored people to live. However, he did not feel like he quite fit in so he went to the
He believed that the white man was the devil and that these black men and woman should be proud to be black. He also believed that these black people should want to be separate from the white man who has constantly put him down. His whole life conditioned him to hate the white man, and when he was in prison he was faced with the realization that all of his troubles occurred because of the white man putting him down. Many people during this time weren’t able to go after their dreams because black men and woman were simply looked at as a lesser breed of human. Malcolm’s beliefs then get switched so that he sees himself as better and the white man