A Challenge I Overcame After reading Malcolm x’s “Learning to Read” essay‚ I remember when I overcame my challenge through hard work and sticking to my Goal. It was when I first came to America I was in 6th grade. I didn’t really know English very well at that time‚ so it was hard for me to read and comprehend certain things taught I couldn’t communicate very well with people because I would doubt myself wondering if I said the right thing. I would stutter‚ and it made me scared of public
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just like that. I can’t remember the first time I could read words out of a book‚ but I remember I suddenly loved to read‚ and when this happened I was pretty young. Malcolm X on the other hand was older when he finally took an interest in reading‚ but no matter what it is‚ and at what age you are‚ that you finally get it‚ it’s one of the best things you can accomplish. You can do anything. In Malcolm X’s autobiography “Learning to Read‚” published in 1965‚ Malcolm X‚ a street hustler that was
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"Life Experiences that we have in Common" In "Learning to Read and Write" by Frederick Douglass‚ Douglass describes the hardships of his life. Even though my life experiences are different from Douglass in many ways‚ they are similar in many respects. Frederick Douglas lived through slavery‚ and in my lifetime I lived through the ends of the Cold War‚ Gulf War‚ terrorist attacks‚ and a time in which a person’s right is being more and more protected‚ for example the Civil Rights Act of 1991. In Frederick
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In "Learning to Read‚" an excerpt found in The Autobiography of Malcolm X‚ author Malcolm X attacks his illiteracy while imprisoned for battling the white man. Malcolm in his conversations with other prisoners realized he wasn’t the most articulate hustler any more as he used to be in the street. Bimbi a fellow prisoner in Charlestown Prison would take over conversations because of his vast vocabulary and knowledge from reading. Malcolm was not only impressed but aspired to be as intelligent. Malcolm
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Malcom little‚ known as Malcom X was human rights activist and Muslim minister‚ Malcom x‚ autobiography tittle “Learning to Read‚” recounts his self-education and his endeavors to learn how to read and write while he was prison in Charlestown prison for a robbery he committed in 1946. Malcolm X’s purpose was to illustrate the struggle to educate his mind and his people from the pervasive racist ideology of the 1960’s. He experience and emotions of African Americans engaged in struggle of the civil
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being able to read. For as long as I can remember‚ I was always reading. I very often saw my parents reading to my younger sister or just to themselves. My love for reading has changed a lot over the years‚ but I believe that’s why I learned so early. I wanted to be just like my parents or other adults that read on their own whenever they have time. I thought I would enjoy it‚ and I was right. At a very young age‚ I found my love for reading. I learned to read at age three‚ and I read to myself nightly
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Erica D Collins Wanda Fries Summary 1 31 January 2016 Learning to Read and Write by Frederick Douglass A summary by Erica Collins In Frederick Douglass’ essay “Learning to Read and Write” Frederick Douglass describes how he learned to read and write and the trials and tribulations he had to address in his circumstance of being a slave since childhood. His owners did not want him to get an education or to learn anything that could make him someone valued because for them‚ slavery and education
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In Learning to Read‚ Malcolm X‚ one of the most articulate and powerful leaders of black America during the 1960s‚ describes his struggle of self-education while being incarcerated. Malcolm X composed his journey of self-in order to convey the message that the reader should strive to look for more than what is taught to them by the public school system‚ to‚ in a way‚ look outside the box. The three portions of the rhetorical triangle‚ to analyze Learning to Read‚ are the audience‚ author‚ and text
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in his essay "Learning to Read and Write" explains all the difficulties he had to face when he learned to read and write in 1830s. Being a slave‚ it was against the law to learn to read and write‚ yet Douglass by risking his life‚ using all opportunities managed to learn reading and writing. Richard Rodriguez‚ on the other hand‚ was a child who was born 150 years later in a Spanish speaking family. In his essay "The Lonely‚ Good Company of Books"‚ Rodriguez narrates his learning experience and
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In the essay Learning to read and write by Frederick Douglass he talked about growing up as a slave‚ trying to learn how to read and write‚ how it’s hard to get what you want but with a lot of work and effort it can be done. It really connected with me how if he wasn’t white ethnicity he was considered a slave and didn’t have same privliges as the white kids in his neighborhood. With having glasses and being short made me feel different as well‚ not with rights but with making friends and being considered
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