In the two essays, "I just wanna be average" by Mike Rose and "Learning to Read" by Malcolm X, both show personal experiences of how they educated themselves. Both of them are true believers that education is not just about getting a degree. It is rather the curiosity and motivation to learn more . The freedom that given a person in what these both authors strived for. Both MacFarland and Bimbi inspired the two author’s to actually want to read, to learn.
I have had struggles that have affected me profoundly. I believe Malcolm X fight with politics gave him a voice that we still hear today, not to say Benjamin Franklin did not have a lasting impression in the world, however I conceive that today’s generation could relate to Malcolm X story on a deeper understanding. Growing up and as well as an adult I also learn by reading. I gain my knowledge through reliable resources that will help me understand what I am trying to learn. In conclusion, both Benjamin Franklin and Malcolm X did not let life get in the way of knowledge.
He started copying down every word, page after page as a way of learning. The author uses pathos when explaining Malcolm’s struggles with his writing skills. “ It was sad. I couldn’t even write in a straight line.” (258) It creates sympathy in the audience, but Malcolm also gave us belief that he will succeed with learning to reading: “ I suppose it was inevitable that my word-base broadened, I could for the first time pick up a book and read and now begin to understand what the book was saying.” (259) I think his self-motivations and self-teachings are a form of hope that he wanted to show every struggling reader; he wanted to pose as an example. As he continues explaining his studies he creates a strong credibility when he compares his prison studies with if he had attended some college; he says: “ I imagine that one of the biggest troubles with colleges is there are too many distractions, too much panty-raiding, fraternities, and boola-boola and all that.” (266) He had studies far more intensively that he would have ever in his life.
The major themes and characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 are similar to one another. The plot and the concepts vary between each book but put across a similar meaning. A common theme in both these stories is knowledge and education. In Huckleberry Finn the problem with Huck is that he is an uneducated boy and has been taught the wrong morals from the people in his life. He eventually finds his own morals and tells himself what is right and what is wrong.
Reading books change their mind and maybe as well as their lives. The value of literacy does not only play a role on kids but also on adults. After surviving from the holocaust, it is hard and hurt for Wiesel to recall the memory of what he and others had suffered but he chose to write the history down to let it remembered. He said[,] “I was duty-bound to give meaning to my survival, to justify each moment of my life. I knew the story had to be told.
Learning to Read Malcolm X tried very hard to educate himself because he wanted not only to teach himself how to read but he also wanted to be able to understand what he was reading . His simple reason for wanting this was his desire to write letters which accurately communicated his thoughts . Prison is where his curiousity occurred to learn to read and write. He met a man named Bimbi that had both street and book smarts. Malclom felt being like Bimbi would get him where he wanted to go.
Empathy helps us comprehend and understand another person’s feelings, so we may easily empathize Ben Franklin for his determination to succeed, Olaudah Equiano, the African man who endured many tragedies but overcame them, and Mary Rowlandson, a woman who survived trials and gained strength through them, while keeping her faith in God. Benjamin Franklin had determination to succeed above all else. As a child, he was bright, reading famous authors and tried mimicking their work. He made connections with people to not only help himself, but to also help them. Becoming more aware of the effect of people in his life, Ben moved away from people holding him back.
Martin Luther King Junior conveys a feeling of passionate idealism within the text “I have a dream.” He makes the audience energised with his motive language and biblical references. The extended metaphors allow the audience to feel, sense and hear the world, changing to the way King proclaims to happen in the future. Severn Suzuki is also a distinctive voice that is obsessive about changing the world around her for the better. Her tone throughout her speech is full of emotion to instil the guilt inside
Not only did he want to voice the inhumane treatments brought upon other slaves, but he also wanted to let them know not to lose confidence, dignity or self-worth. When he wrote his autobiography, he
He was so scared that someone will find out about him. Then Uncle Axel gave David comfort and support. He also told him stories about the world outside of Waknuk to David. This proves that Uncle Axel has seen the world. He knows that people are born different and it is not so horrible to be an offense because there are other