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¶ … malcolm x Learning to Read and richard rodriquez the achievement of desire, as wellas one contrasting the same two articles. It gives an overview of the prevailing situation at the time the stories were writen. This helps in providing an in depth understanding of the impact of the stories.
Learnin To Read by Malcolm X and the Achievement of Desire by Richard Rodriquez
The Achievement of Desire and Learn to Read are both intriguing stories. They are motivational stories of two great men with deep-seated desire to learn. During this time, people from their ethnic groups had many constraints in achieving education. Both the stories of Malcolm X and Richard Rodriguez are great example of how people can overcome barriers to achieve educational success. The two stories share similarities and few differences outlined here in.
Malcolm X, through the desire to learn how to read and write discovered a new world of education. His story is motivational telling how someone in prison can poses a deep...
He pushed himself to achieve what many people have not. It is a clear indication that a person can motivate himself to achieve greater things. Malcolm, even though in prison felt as though he was free. His motivation engaged him to the extent of isolating him from his immediate predicament as a prisoner. Similarly, Richard Rodriguez tells the story of his educational achievements. He tells of his eagerness to read and learn more, he explains how this led to his discovery of self. In pursuit of his education, he felt culturally separated from his family. Rodriguez reveals how his socialization process and experiences many a times hindered his education, but his motivation to succeed in his studies led him to greater heights.
Probably what makes the two stories more impressive is the fact that the authors were all from minority groups. Malcolm X an African-American and Richard Rodriguez a Latin American, two ethnic groups with the lowest education rates in the United States…
..I never will forget how shocked I was when I began reading about slavery's total horror. It made such an impact upon me that it later became one of my favorite subjects when I became a minister of Mr. Muhammad's. The world's most monstrous crime, the sin and the blood on the white man's hands, are almost impossible to believe." (Malcolm X, p. 1) It was upon these revelations that Malcolm
" (Malcolm X, p. 1) That he segues here into a discussion on how education has so often been used to spread a mythological history casting white men as heroic underscores the latent hostility toward the traditional education he was never afforded. By contrast, Rodriguez is afforded this education and yet, for many of the same reasons, is moved to decry it. Rodriguez tells by sharp contrast to Malcolm X of
Malcolm X while in prison decides to start writing to friends he had been with in the thieving and doping world who unfortunately never replied to his letters because they were too uneducated to write a letter. Some of his friends who were slick and sharp-looking and could be mistaken for Wall Street big pots unfortunately hired people to read them letters if they received one. Malcolm X was also
While his loss of accent brought himself and his teachers a sense of pride, it brought sorrow to his parents, who saw the change, however gradual, in their child. The author furthermore admits that for children like him, from a non-white American background, the home and school environment are at cultural extremes. This creates conflict that the young Rodriguez handled by conforming to his school environment. In effect he
Language Both Malcolm X and Richard Rodriguez frame language in terms of political and social power. Malcolm X and Richard Rodriguez both comment on the power of language to demark social status. Language is also a form of empowerment, both personal and political. Rodriguez focuses on the social and political implications of bilingualism. The author shows that in the United States, English is the language of the dominant culture and all other
Introduction While Nixon may not represent or symbolize the height of the Cold War, he does represent an era in American history plagued by government corruption and large-scale public dissatisfaction with the government in general. Nixon came to power on the heels of four politically motivated assassinations: JFK in 1963, Malcolm X in 1965, and MLK, Jr., and RFK in 1968. Robert Kennedy had been running against Nixon in the 1968