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Reflection On Malcolm X
Malcolm X did not know how to read nor write, and I think that once he started to learn he did truly feel free. Before he learned to read he had nothing, he was in prison for seven years not being able to do anything. Laying in a bunk all day and night would not be something I would enjoy. I feel that is how Malcolm felt, he felt like a prisoner lying in a bunk. Once he could read and write he was in his own world while reading the books he was, it may have been about black slavery and history but it still made him feel free. In my opinion when I open a book I I enjoy reading it puts me in the story, I forget everything around me and I just read and image I was a character in that book. I feel that’s how Malcolm felt, his hated how the black

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