Irma's review
The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley
by Malcolm X
Irma's review
The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X
Irma's review
rating:
recommended for: everybody
I am so moved by this book both as a lover of books and as a muslim that I actually shed some tears while reading it. Before reading the book, I thought it might not be as moving as the antebellum slave narratives such as those by Frederick Douglass or Harriet Jacobs because slavery was considered over. But the psycological, philosophical, spiritual and political journey that Malcolm X had been through deliniate the real condition of African Americans in the US.
There are some aspects that I find interesting from this book:
1. The plot narratives which opens up with a dramatic scene of KKK atacking his pregnant mother, the ever-changing Malcolm and the ending of the book which is abrupt and so full of questioning.
2. Chapter 12-15 are the most boring parts in all the chapters of the book because Malcolm X loses his own identity and becomes 'the parrot' of Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam.
3. I really like the part when he is young and lindy-hopping in Boston. It shows t...more
There are some aspects that I find interesting from this book:
1. The plot narratives which opens up with a dramatic scene of KKK atacking his pregnant mother, the ever-changing Malcolm and the ending of the book which is abrupt and so full of questioning.
2. Chapter 12-15 are the most boring parts in all the chapters of the book because Malcolm X loses his own identity and becomes 'the parrot' of Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam.
3. I really like the part when he is young and lindy-hopping in Boston. It shows t...more
