A Self Narrative : Memory Of Water By Emmi Itaranta

He studied hard to get high grades and he was even elected as the class president. He was doing his best, until his teacher went up to him and told him that his dream to be a lawyer, is not possible all because he is black. Instead, he insisted him to become a carpenter. From then, something started to changed within him. Malcolm sees the limit to the white acceptance, and the inevitable truth of what life awaits for the colored. He starts believing that in the white society he was living in, there is no success nor future. Spike Lee never really focused on Malcolm's childhood in the film, except for this particular part. He chose this moment to highlight, because this scene single handedly explains why he hated whites, why he became a hustler, and why he became a civil rights activists. It was the hatred against the whites. From then, he stopped accepting the whites. This was the moment when Malcolm's view on integration between whites and blacks became possible, to impossible. The historical figure of Malcolm X’s philosophy started here, with the hatred of his enemy. Malcolm X in his speech, preached that the black man should have their own power, by separating themselves completely from the white society, similar to what his father was preaching. His childhood tragedy gave him the reason to fight for, and the belief for uniting the black race for separating them from the cruelty. Malcolm X we all know of, would have never existed without

Malcolm X did not have an easy life growing up. After the loss of his father, a Baptist minister and a black nationalist, and the admittance of his mother to a mental institution at an early

Growing up in Lansing, Malcolm was exposed to the negative parts of the city. He even predicted his own death to happen due to violence since most of his family was victims of violence. In Lansing, hardly any black man died from natural causes. In chapter one of the book, Malcolm stated that his father, Earl Little, “had seen four of his six brothers die by violence, three of them killed by white men, including one by lynching.” When Malcolm’s mother found out that Malcolm’s father was murdered, she had a mental breakdown. For several months, she had been doing things out of the ordinary and Malcolm began to worry about her. She eventually was sent to the mental illness home where she spent the rest of her life. All of the children were separated and this gave Malcolm the perception that now his family has been a victim to society. In the summer of 1940, Malcolm spends the entire summer with his sister Ella who had been living in the city of Boston. Seeing how much better life was for the

On September 1, 2012, I walked into my fifth grade teacher’s classroom for the first time in my life. Mrs.Cullen was standing in the front of the door with open arms ready to welcome her new fifth grade students. As I made my way to my desk and sat down next to Charlie Schutt and Quin Timmerman, I got the feeling that middle school would be a time of talking to some of my best friends and cruising through classes. As the school year progressed, and classroom seats changed, my thought of how Middle school would be changed as well. On the first day Mrs.Cullen explained our schedule, Homework detentions, and demerits. After about fifty questions, she sent us off to our first class, and the first step of our Middle School journey. The fifth grade

Growing up as a child Malcolm Little had many struggles and hardships. As a child Malcolm went through hard times, at the age of 4 the house the family lived in burnt down. Forcing them to have to move. Then two years later, Malcolm’s father, Earl Little died on the trolley tracks. As a young adult, he faced jail time and being abandoned by his parents. At the age of 15, he was sent to foster care along with his siblings. Shortly after he turned 21 he was sent to jail for 8-10 years. The crimes he committed were burglary and armed robbery. Although his childhood was very chaotic, Malcolm’s life soon got turned around after he got married 12 years later. He then got a job, as a minister and he was also a civil rights activist. Along with those

Being an orphan is one of the most difficult things a child can go through. Malcolm X lost his father to a suspicious death in 1931 when his body was found laying across the town’s trolley tracks. Police ruled it an accident but Malcolm and his family knew it was from the Black Legion. Losing your father is always hard, especially on boys because they no longer have a person to guide them to be a genuine man. Two years later X’s mother was enrolled into an insane asylum after having and emotional breakdown over her husband’s death. Shortly after, Malcolm and his siblings were placed in to varies different orphanages. When old enough, Malcolm returned to Boston and started to commit crime. He eventually was convicted of burglary and sentenced to ten years in prison, but what X

Malcolm was born with the name Malcolm Little. During this time in his life he was facing a lot of struggles big and small. His father was killed by the kkk when he was six years old, the state wouldn't help his mother to the extent that they could, he was separated from his family, and his mother was eventually sent to a mental institution. Also during this time Malcolm was being oppressed by white students and teacher who made him feel like he couldn't be anything in life. During this time Malcolm is also trying his best to be white. He wants to fit in with the other kids at his school. This affects Malcolm because he starts to realize he's different, and not in a good way.

burned out of their home, harassed, and threatened. When Malcolm was 6 years old, his

In the book X , a honor for the Coretta Scott King award by Ilyasah Shabazz, we follow a young, adventurous, and rash Malcolm Little before he became a leader in the social justice movement. Malcolm and his other siblings are barely making it by due to their mother’s view of work and social service handouts unclean. One day, Malcolm finds out that his father, who taught Malcolm how great the African american race, was killed by a train. Malcolm tries to steal a chicken crate, but he gets arrested with lead to him getting taken away from his home by child protective services. One, Malcolm walks to his old home with Philbert and sees child protective services at the house. The operatives take Away to Kalamazoo state hospital for being “crazy”

Malcolm learns by seeing first hand his parents’ fates that racist double standards are a serious problem in his society. His father was murdered by a group of white people, for envisioning a strong and independent black community, his mother on the other hand is driven crazy by a white foster care that do not trust her to take care of her

Another challenge in Malcolm’s life was on the maternal side of his family. Although Malcolm’s mother wasn’t killed, something else happened. After malcolm’s father died, a tremendous amount of stress was put on Louise Little. This slowly made her go insane. “Louise Little began to sit for long periods of time without speaking (28)”. Eventually, Malcolm had gotten to a series of conflicts with his teachers about fooling around in class, and meanwhile, “His mother’s condition worsened (31)”, and malcolm was eventually taken away from his family and put in forster care. This inspires me because even with all of this crap, Malcolm still carries on to a certain extent. Whenever I am upset about something, I remember how much worse it could be

she still offered her help to the members of the family in return for their

Because of that poverty she would have felt very sad and helpless, but she wanted to help others more. She donated all her money that she had to the poor.

I remember seeing plants that have not been watered properly at my grandmothers’ home. R.I.P to my grandmother, my mother still waters those plants this very day. I remember seeing the plants that did not sit by the windows would have withered leaves. I watch my grandmother rotate the plants so that they all could get the proper sunlight. Granny had a green thumb as they say. Do we really know how powerful water is? As I read your post that is what came across my mind, the involvement of water is interesting. Thanks for your post- Whitney, I enjoyed the read, you have got me thinking.

I continuously consumed water or a cold beverage to try and stay hydrated on a hot summer day at a softball tournament. I congratulated my friend on her playing and started to leave the field. I sat down in the car, buckled my seatbelt, and then started the car’s engine. Right after I took the first turn out of the parking lot I had to go to the bathroom. I thought to myself that I should have gone before I left; I should had remembered the extent of the water intake I consumed and never departed to go relieve myself. By this time, I was too late to turn back around and go use a bathroom at the softball diamonds because two cars were behind me wanting to leave, so I decided to hold back going to the bathroom. I made two more turns before I