A Love for Books

 

A Love for Books

        In reading both Malcolm X’s and Benjamin Franklin’s educational narratives I found as many similarities as there were differences. Of course one of the prevalent differences would be the era in which the pieces were written. Malcolm X’s autobiography was published in 1965 where Benjamin Franklin’ piece was from the early 1700s making it especially difficult to read.

        I found that Malcolm X”s excerpt was more of a step by step educational piece that the reader could easily follow. If someone wanted to try this for their own benefit, they certainly could.

        On a similar note, they were both self-taught and shared their love for reading and books, practically ingesting anything they could get their hands on. They both stayed up well into the night taking in the gift of written words with every spare moment they had.

        I found both stories inspirational, although Malcolm X’s narrative made me want to keep going, I want to read more, know more about him. It almost made me want to pick up the dictionary myself, where Benjamin Franklin’s narrative I just wanted to get through in the hopes that I might be able to retain enough information to complete my assignment.