Malcolm X writes about his newly found love of reading and ability to read: "In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free I my life." Freedom was obtained by Malcolm X through his love of the ability to read and write. This freedom was not just given to Malcolm, he had to learn it and teach himself.
From his early days at Charlestown Prison, where the spark of intuition flourished, to his later years at Norfolk, where he came across the most influential book in his life, the dictionary. Malcolm X learned his freedom from making it imperative that he learn every painstaking work in the English dictionary. He did this by repetition and writing every single word he wanted to know on paper. After he wrote a page of the dictionary on paper he would study it until he learned and understood every word in front on him. The more words Malcolm could comprehend, the less he felt incarcerated. "Between Mr. Muhammad's teachings, my reading of books, months passed without my even......
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