Reading about Malcolm X was truly inspirational due to his perseverance to chase knowledge. He began his life as an illiterate convict, but when he was put to jail for many years he began to crave education. He says that the reason he wanted to become a literate man was because he was jealous of the way other inmates were smart. He picked up a book and was unable to understand most of it, but after basically memorizing the entire dictionary he started to experience the appetite for reading since he know understood books well. Although Malcolm X was in prison for several years, he states that he was "truly free" in prison because through books he was able to learn about new animals and historical events that he never knew of. He also states how know a days, there are too many distractions at school when in prison he was able to read and study fifteen hours a day. After reading Malcolm X's experience in prison, I truly believe that prison rehabilitates their inmates because there is no distractions and you have a craving to become more literate and wise. In prison, you see everything differently. Like Malcolm X says, "education is our passport to the future." Besides education and prison, Malcolm X also talks about how "negroes" have been mistreated by the "white men" and so forth. But I really did not pay much attention to this part because know a day’s things have changed.
The reading that mostly touched my heart was "The Joy of Reading and Writing" because it was more personal than historical. The reason why I say this is because the author describes how she has struggled as a poor infant and how society expects her to fail because of where she came from. But she fought hard to be the opposite of that "Indian" child. The reason why I also liked this reading was because she really emphasizes that books will save her life and the life of other minorities as well. I completely agree with the author because books and school are the only things that will help you survive in the world of politics and help you fight for your rights and your life against the educated men. It's also inspiring how the author wants everyone to persevere the way she did to succeed in life; how she "throws her weight against locked doors" of those minorities whom have given up and sit in back of the class with no pen or paper to write in.
Hi Agueda,
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to get your blog going.
Overall, you write well. Just be sure to include the author’s full name, name of the title, and author’s thesis in the first sentence(s) of your summary. Also, you only need to focus on one reading in each journal entry. Be sure that your summary summarizes one selection and then include your opinion of that one selection in your reflection.
Otherwise, keep up the good work.
Prof. Stevens