Although Frederick Douglas and Malcolm X are two different men from two different centuries, it is their writing that relates them. Douglas, a slave, and Malcolm, a criminal, both were deprived of obtaining a higher sense of education. It was the call to learn that separated them from the norm, and the education they gained that shaped their image. The two activists grew up to realize the importance of education, in particular reading and writing, in reality, the basis of establishing an education. Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X describes how they learned to read and write and the challenges they had to address in their condition of being a slave and criminal since childhood. His enslavers did not want him to get an education or to learn anything that could make him someone valuable because for them, slavery and education were not compatible. Although all the obstacles that his enslavers put to him were not easy, he did not stop his aspiration to learn to read and write to become a person of character; he looked for other ways to learn to read and write since his enslavers did not allow that. He tries to enlighten that education and freedom are rights that every human being should have; education gives them the opportunity to identify ourselves to see who we are. In the case of Douglass, he was trying to identify himself as a slave compared to the other children who were not going to be slaves for life. Frederick Douglas’s chapter “Learning to Read and Write” and
How would you compare your education experience with Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass? Education comes from attending elementary; middle school, high school, and college. However education can also come from home if the education is legitimate. In Malcolm X's "A Homemade Education," Malcolm discusses his struggles between the language on his childhood streets growing up and the language of literature. Being in prison, he explains how his interest and determination
Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass both came from an African American background but the time difference of these two men when they were brought to the world changed. Malcolm X had a rough life. His dad was mysteriously murdered and his mom was mentally ill and with no parent figure he got in to the street life. He got in to selling illegal substances and burglary. He was struggling financially as well. In 1946 Malcolm X age twenty at the time was sentenced to prison for 10 years for burglary. Both Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass had rough lives. Frederick Douglass born in the early 1800’s was born a slave for life. Even though racism was still around in Malcolm’s time it was even worse for Frederick Douglass during his time. Frederick Douglass had no education because salves at the time were not allowed to be taught. The only thing slaves were taught to do from a young age was to obey there master and that’s all they knew how to do. Frederick Douglass was very restricted on how to get an education but Malcolm was free.
Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X were very huge leading figures during the Civil Rights movement. Though they had many differences, they had some similarities. Both men’s fathers were preachers and both men were religious preachers themselves. Dr. King and Malcolm X were around the same age and they were both assassinated. Coincidentally, both men had the same number of children and eventually they had the same ideologies for the Civil Rights Movement. However, Dr. King and Malcolm X were different in ways such as Malcolm X wanted black supremacy and Dr. King wanted equality, Malcolm X saw violence as an option to achieve his goals if peace did not work and Dr. King believed in complete nonviolence, and Malcolm X
Malcom X once said, “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” This quotation means that education is an important thing, and we should prepare for our future. Fredrick Douglass and Malcom X are two different men who write similar aspects. Fredrick Douglass is a slave, and Malcom X is a criminal, both were deprived of obtaining a higher sense of education. They are two activists who grew up to realize the importance of an education, in reading and writing. In Frederick Douglas’s essay “Learning to Read and Write” and Malcolm’s “Learning to Read” one can compare and contrast the analysis both essays.
In spite of the fact that Sherman Alexie, Plato,Frederick Douglass, and Malcolm x, the four experienced childhood in various eras, in various conditions, and at last in various universes. The trio confronted distinctive battles and had diverse victories, yet at last they weren't generally all that extraordinary. In spite of the fact that they experienced childhood in various circumstances they both had similar perspectives on the significance of a training. The considered training to be opportunity and as a feeling of self-esteem and however they accomplished their instruction in various ways they both had a solid will and a solid feeling of self-inspiration.
Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass were two very important men in America’s history. As educated black men, they defied the idea of uneducated blacks. Their prowess with language allowed them to communicate their movements’ message to the masses easily and effectively, letting them have an active role in society. Douglass wrote his autobiography, which was a bestseller, and exposed to antebellum America the true harshness of slavery. Malcolm X became an important figure in the fight for civil rights one hundred years later, giving speeches across the country. For both men, education became a process of enlightenment. It made them eager to learn more and more. However, this process had some differences. The most glaring difference is the way they learned; Malcolm X taught himself to read and write while Douglass’s mistress taught him first, and later by smaller children in the area. Besides that, the end result was vastly different for Malcolm X compared to Douglass, as he read much more diverse content than Douglass did. Thus, Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X shared both similarities and differences in learning to read and write.
Can one think undergoing suffrage of unjust slavery and being held in a penitentiary be compared? In the excerpt of Frederick Douglass (Learning to Read and Write) and in Malcolm X (Learning to Read): both dealt with the oppression that the white race as brought to them. Douglass lists the ways which he learns how to read and write. He discusses how everyone is vulnerable to corruption under slavery. In the excerpt of Malcolm he tells the reader how he first started reading and he describes how the white man has always had the upper-hand when it comes to non-white people. Frederick
Frederick Douglass, nor Mark Twain didn’t have the life that a person now would want. Frederick Douglas was born in Maryland. He grew up without a mother or father, he was born into slavery. His birthday is unknown till this day, since back then they didn’t really care what time or day a black person was born. He at first grew up living with my grandmother. At a young age he was taken away and was assigned to work in a plantation, the master there could've been his father. He was mistreated badly and the living conditions were horrible. Later, he was sent to Baltimore, where he was kind of excited to go there and forget what he lived back home. He also tried escaping from slavery twice before he actually escaped. He died on February 20, 1895. In the other hand Mark Twain, or Samuel L. Clemens, born on November 30, 1835. He had a lot of jobs such as a storekeeper, a judge, land speculator. He wanted to be rich but unfortunately he wasn’t able to. He lived in Hannibal since he was 4 to the age of 17. When his father died he had to make money for his family so he started to work more and more, he began learning how to pilot a steamboat, which he liked because it made him quite the buck. He died on April 21, 1910. Some similarities between these two is that they both wrote good stories, and used some personal experiences in them. Twain wrote a lot of different stories, they were good. Twain focused more on letting the overall meaning of his stories get to the reader's emotions,
Frederick Douglass, “Learning to Read and Write”, Malcolm X, “Learning to Read”. How does one compare the struggles between them. First off Mr. Douglass, “Learning to Read and Write” is not truly comparable with any of the other reading options, and to force comparisons would belittle Mr. Douglass's struggles to do so. Every other reading option had to endure unfair treatment and racism but no one was born into slavery as Mr. Douglass was. Whereas every other reading option had access to underfunded and unequal schools, Mr. Douglass was not afforded these options so order to learn he had to hide it for fear of being beat or killed. “I lived in Master Hugh's family about seven years. During this time, I succeeded in learning to read and write. In accomplishing this, I was compelled to resort to various stratagem”(Douglass 1). Mr. Douglass not only wanted to learn but had a deep driving need to learn for it was his only route to escape slavery. “I resolved to run away. I looked forward to a time at which it would be safe for me to escape. I was too young to think of doing so immediately; besides, I wished to learn how to write,as I might have occasion to write my own pass. I consoled myself with the hope thatI should oneday find a good chance” (Douglass 3). Mr. Douglass not only had to overcome being a slave for life but had a deep distrust for others thinking they would betray him ”for I feared they might be treacherous.White men have been known to
The anti-slavery movement in the early 1800s had people with religious beliefs led them to oppose slavery and the reason being is that Quakers had taught that it was a sin to own another human being. Then it continues to the American Colonization Society proposed to end slavery by setting up an independent colony in Africa for freed slaves in 1822. After that a growing number of reformers, known as abolitionists, wanted to end slavery completely in the United States. And in the 1820s free African Americans played a key role and held speeches, conventions, and so much more. Just to get the listeners to get a better understanding to why slavery is wrong. In 1838 Frederick Douglass and a white abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison helped people
Most people know about Abraham Lincoln. He is famous for freeing black slaves and being the 16th president during the Civil War. Tough most people don’t know alot about Fredrick Douglass, the inspirer of Abraham Lincoln. Fredrick Douglass, at the time was the most famous African-American who was also wrote for newspapers. He was very close friends with Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass and influenced him through his decisions.
Are you a leader?! Well, Fredrick Douglass was. There are many great qualities that it takes to become a leader and Fredrick Douglass sure had those qualities. It takes a lot of self-belief to become a leader, and a lot of social reformers had that belief. However, Douglass was very different compared the other abolitionists and social reformers.
Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass were African American who at their best struggled to be successful and to forge something better out of their lives. Briefly, Frederick Douglass was born in 1818 in a slave family, and his family lineage was doomed to be slaves and nothing more, but faced many obstacles from the white in acquiring education (Douglass 100). On the other hand, Malcolm X was born in 1928, he was not a slave, but his family was forced to move several times to different areas due to racism and discrimination by the whites (Malcolm 254). Hence it is crucial to evaluate the way compare and contrast why they acquired substandard substandard education, Malcolm X being
Both Douglass and Lincoln had accomplished the goals and desires they had wanted. Lincoln’s main goal was not to abolish slavery but to combine the North and South together. Douglass had sought that slavery was a crime against God and men, so he thought all people are created equally and we should have equal rights and the whites do. Abraham Lincoln had been described as a moralist and political operator or even a an inveterate racist. His main goal was to establish that we all deserve peace and equality as a Union.
There are multiple similarities and differences between “Learning to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglass and “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X. For example, both authors were unwillingly enslaved, which motivated their desire to read, write and speak their mind. Malcolm X was falsely accused and sentenced to prison while Frederick was a life-bound slave. Through their situations, they both found a similar benefit: reading and writing. Both men were also influenced by people and literature. Frederick Douglass received brief teachings from his mistress and knowledge from challenging literate children, which positively impacted his level of reading and writing.