- “As you can imagine, especially in a prison where there was heavy emphasis on rehabilitation, an inmate was smiled upon if he demonstrated an unusually intense interest in books. There was a sizable number of well-read inmates, especially the popular debaters. Some were said by many to be practically walking encyclopedias.” I was quite surprised to hear prisoners be so passionate about reading and education. I liked how it went against the stereotype of prisoners lifting weights all day.
Being a part of this kind of discourse community has probably led to Malcolm X developing his thirst for knowledge. - I suppose I would want to imitate Malcolm X’s style of writing. Since I’m planning to write on the same topic as him, I’d figured there’d be a lot to learn from his writing. I want to emulate his style of portraying his relationship with reading, the amount of details and story-flow. I also want to imitate his manner of writing. I like how he doesn’t sound too casual or too formal.
ENG 2100: Writing 1 with Jay Thompson
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