In elementary school, reading, writing, speaking, and listening, are all lessons we are taught. However, not everyone learns the same way or at the same paste. It takes time and practice to learn these skills. In the story, "Learning How to Read," Malcolm X gives an overview of his past as a hustler, who gained the powerful knowledge of reading. Malcolm X was one of the most articulate and powerful leaders of African Americans during …
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…I knew right there in prison that reading had changed forever the course of my life"(pg). Malcolm realizes that he has come a long way, he educated himself and finally has the ability to do anything he sets his mind to. Although success has come, he still kept reading during any spare time he had. Malcolm X explains that, "You will never catch me with a free fifteen minutes in which I'm not studying