The autobiography of malcolm x reading questions
Autobiography of malcolm x analysis.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
1. Why do the Littles leave their home in Omaha?
Answer: to escape the Ku Klux Klan/white supremacist terrorists
2.
The autobiography of malcolm x reading questions
Why does Malcolm no longer live with his mother after age 12 or 13?
Answer: She is sent to a state mental hospital
3. Whom does Malcolm describe as “the first really proud black woman I had ever seen in my life” (39)?
4.
What do Malcolm and Shorty have in common, causing Shorty to take an immediate liking to him?
Answer: They are both from Michigan/Lansing.
5. What is Malcolm’s job at the Roseland State Ballroom?
6.
What is the name of the hairstyle Malcolm adopts by straightening his hair with burning lye?
Discussion Suggestion: Use the above question to introduce discussion on how the conk operates as a symbol in the book.
Note how Malcolm attaches metaphorical significance to conking his hair, in the sense that it is an extraordinarily painful act of self-mutilation performed in an eff