The Memorization Of Words In Malcolm X's Letter

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Malcolm X who everyone should know for his powerful speaking wasn’t always as articulate and literate as he was seen by the world. While in prison, Malcolm became a Muslim and wanted to write letters to those he knew from the streets. He wrote hustlers, gamblers, drug peddlers, and Elijah Muhammad who was the leader of the black Muslims during that time. When he started writing these letters, Malcolm realized that he didn’t have the knowledge of words or literature he needed in order to get his points across. He felt as if what he was trying to convey in his letters wouldn’t be properly understood. To change this, he began to study words from the dictionary. What he would do is write every word in the dictionary starting with from the beginning and after each day, read back the words he wrote to himself. By doing this he was able to memorize these words. Each day Malcolm learned words that he never knew existed. His penmanship also improved from writing so many words. After a while he was became articulate and he became a good reader and writer. With…show more content…
A great deal of effort is needed. Effort would be needed to simply keep focus much less write every word and memorize their meanings. Malcolm X put forth great effort and was fruitful in his endeavor. Knowing me, I would have gotten bored after a few days and would have given up because exerting so much energy into something take time, motivation, and effort. All of which Malcolm had and he took advantage of it. The end result was a man who was well known for his powerful speaking which goes hand in hand with a well-developed vocabulary. Both of which were nonexistent to Malcolm X during his days as a hustler and some of his time on prison. Over time he taught himself which was motivated by the fact that he couldn’t convey his points as he wanted, and the effort he put into his goals made it

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