Rhonda Pulley
English & 101
Malcolm X; Prison Stories


The writer was displaying Logos when he wrote about how Malcolm was frustrated with his lack of knowledge and how he taught himself by learning the dictionary page by page. And how Malcolm was as smart as a college graduate when he was finished but had actually only attended school through the eighth grade. By reading he was able to escape into a story in his imagination and be free. He may have been saying that with an education one can accomplish almost anything. He compared how staying up reading at night left him with 3 or 4 hours of sleep but out on the street he slept less.
When I read about him calling his Alma mater "Books" I thought it to be a form of Pathos because it came across as somewhat humorous, but literal, because that's soulfully how he got educated.
An example of Ethos would be Malcolm's accomplished life as a religious activist, civil rights leader as well as a prominent figure in the African-American Muslim community. Also I'd have to give the writer a lack of Ethos because he says Malcolm X lived 1925-1965 then says he was assassinated in 1963. How can you live two more years after being assassinated? Don't you die when your assassinated? Over all it was a quite an inspiring story.