Malcolm x chapter 10 summary

It was released in in the United States and soon became a global bestseller.

The autobiography of malcolm x chapter 1 summary

Halley accompanied in all interviews he conducted with Malcolm X until his assassination. Despite the popularity of the book, it is considered that Haley is behind the creation of suspense and drama in the autobiography. The book has won applause around the world for its rhetorical pathos and logos. Unable to face this racial onslaught, the family moves to the African American quarters of Michigan but again faces the same racial discrimination and threats.

Meanwhile, his patient and tolerant preaching father is killed during an attack by the supremacist after which his mother experiences mental bouts and is sent to a mental asylum. Meanwhile, Malcolm X is sent to a detention home in Michigan where he completes his 8 th grade and moves to Boston to live with, Ella, his half-sister.

However, instead of coming of the age, Malcolm X finds himself mired in the urban lifestyle of that time, almost marring every other chance of his being a gentleman. He becomes stylish in fashion and also gets addicted to drinking and gambling, including dating, Sophia, a white woman much older than him. Finally, not seeing the future in this game, he joins the railway as a porter and moves to the city of New York to see better prospects.

There, Malcolm X soon finds himself as a hustler in Harlem , the popular African American suburb in New York, and starts doing odd jobs including selling drugs and doing work as a pimp for African American prostitutes. At that time, he was also involved in armed robberies, inviting risks to his life. Unsatisfied with his type of life, he soon returns to Boston where he takes up house burglary as a new job and faces arrest.

When he is thrown behind the bars, he comes to his senses, and seeing no way out of this blind alley of committing crimes and playing hide and seek with the police, he embraces Islam, joining his siblings. Eventually, he stops drugs and starts praying during this time, studying Latin and English, and joining the debates in the prison.

Demonstrating exemplary behavior, the prison officials release him on parole after which he moves in with his brother Wilfred and becomes active in preaching Islam in Detroit.