Early in the book Malcolm received great grades, all his teachers loved, all though they use “nigger” jokes in front of him and since he was one of a few black students in the school, majority of the kids liked him. Malcolm felt himself to be regarded as a novelty, what he called a “pink poodle.” When he went to dan

When Malcolm is finally arrested, his conviction is as much about his relationship with a white woman as it is about his burglary. Malcolm and Shorty are sentenced for 10 years in jail. While Malcolm believed he was imprisoned mostly because of sleeping with a white women, I would have to say that when you look at his life he should have been arrested a long time before that. I believe the race card is played too much and is an excuse used when you do something wrong. While at Norfolk, Malcolm joined the Nation of Islam and gained a new perspective on race relations in the United States. Repeating what he has learned from the Nation's leader, a man named Elijah Muhammad, Reginald tells Malcolm that all wisdom is with Allah and that white people are devils. Malcolm reads up on other violence done to non-whites done by whites. When out of Jail Malcolm becomes a minister in the Nation of Islam and rises to the top. When Malcolm was purely committed to the Nation of Islam, he transformed the Nation of Islam from 400 to 40,000 members, and who never flinched when indicting white people universally. However, towards the end many members of the Nation of Islam are becoming increasingly wary of Malcolm. Malcolm is soon estranged from the group. After his pilgrimage to the Holy City, Mecca, he changes his views a little. His main view that he changed was that he will accept white help and white interest now, but he clings to the belief that black people must unify first.

ces he felt the racism because he was told to stay away from the white girls and stand along the wall. Despite the racial tension, Malcolm feels relatively happy until he enters seventh grade. The reason for the change is Malcolm visits his half sister, Ella, in Boston. Malcolm is very surprised at what he saw; it was completely different than anything he ever saw in Michigan. In Boston, Malcolm saw a world of blacks who wer

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