Malcolm X Blog (Summary and Character Analysis)

While reading this book I had learned that Malcolm X was an Equal Rights activist. He also went through a lot of struggles during his life. When he was 20 years old he had been arrested. Malcolm X had also turned to a lot of bad solutions in his life. When he was arrested he had converted to being an African American Muslim, while doing so he became disconnected from the world around him. Later in the book he reverts to drugs as an answer to his problems, which doesn't work out so well for him. He also had started getting a gambling addiction which was another one of the problems that he had faced.

Character Analysis

I think that Malcolm X was a perseverant character. I believe this because even though he had went through struggles in his life he had still prevailed. In my book Malcolm had suffered a gambling addiction which had hurt him financially, he had also done several drugs which had messed with his health, and he had also been imprisoned. Even though he had those problems he had still become one of the worlds most known civil rights activists. I also think he is a perseverant man because he ended up becoming an orphan due to the death of his father and his mom being sent to a mental hospital. Even though he had those problems as well he still had became a big person and had been more than just book smart.

Goals

Academically, I want to become a better student. I want to do this because I normally slack off and it makes me do bad in school. The way I am going to achieve this is by doing homework and having a more positive outlook on school, and learning. I find this important because if you don't do well in school, well it shows that you can't do anything well, if you can't just get spoken to, then what really can you do? I also think it reflects character, if you want to do good in school, then you'll do good, and if you do good in school you'll excel in life and become a happier person. You can become anything you want if you put your mind to it, if you set a goal for something, it somehow seems, more achievable which makes it easier for you to do things in life.

I want to become a singer, an actor, or a writer. All of those things can show how creative you are and I like to think that I am an out of the box thinker and I can be unique. I like to sing and act, but sometimes I also like to write because all of my words, ideas, and thoughts can just flow and I won't have to worry about things going wrong or me sounding stupid because most of the time only I can see it. I want to become a singer because it's just so beautiful, the sound of music is a soothing drink of sweet lemonade on a hot Summers day. Singing, in general is one of my favorite things because you become the instrument, and not every person sounds the same so in a way we are all sort of our own beautiful instruments that play in different ways and can all come together to make something even more beautiful. Acting is just so joyous to me because it allows you to be someone else. You don't have to worry about the day to day troubles of your normal life. It's like an escape, even though it isn't always permanent it is a way to unwind and enjoy yourself and become someone or something else you wouldn't normally be. It just transforms you and makes things a complete different world for you and others around you. You could be playing a character, and your friend could be playing another but when you're on stage you aren't known as Evan, or Luke, or whatever your name is, you are known as that character and it allows you to be different or unique.