This selection is about how a man in jail was able to teach himself to become more literate than ever. When Malcolm X was in prison, he chose to constantly read and copy the dictionary to gain knowledge. It's as simple as that. He began copying pages of the dictionary at a time. Malcolm would also stay up all night reading, but making sure the guards at the prison didn't see him as they passed by his cell every hour. He refers to his education as "homemade". Now he takes a book with him everywhere.
X, Malcolm. "Literacy Behind Bars." Norton Field Guide to Writing. 2nd ed. New York, NY: W.W. Norton and Company, 2010. Print.
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