1.) I think that the term "homemade" means something that you can buy at a store but you would rather make yourself or something that you could learn from going to school, but learned through experiences outside of school for whatever reasons. Homemade things, in my opinion, can be both good and bad. An example of it being good is getting your father a gift for his birthday. Making or doing something for him yourself would be much more valued than something just bought from a store. Sure, he would appreciate either, but making something yourself would have much more meaning. An example of it being bad is buying an appliance for a house like a washing machine. You might be able to make one, but is it really going to work as it should because you made it rather than buying it at a store when you know it's going to work? Another thing is learning. You can learn a million and one things by going to school and getting an education, but learning through experiences, you would probably value that more because you've been through it. I'm not saying that education isn't important or meaningful because it is. I just think that through experience someone will value that a little bit more like Malcolm X did because he took it upon himself to learn the things he learned.
2.) I think that Malcolm X compares to that because he wanted so badly to learn more and more every day. He wanted that satisfaction of being "smart". He also achieved that and I'm sure it meant a great deal to him when he achieved his goal because he did it on his own and succeeded. So, in a sense, he has that freedom to educate himself and go farther in life. I think it is a contrast only because of the fact that Malcolm X did this on his own and not in a classroom or with the help of a teacher. Yes, they have the same reasoning behind what they're doing, but it was just done in different ways.
3.) The subject that I would be most passionate about if I were stuck in a jail cell would be psychology. I am fascinated with what goes on in our minds and how our bodies react to it. I would want to study it more and try to have a career in that whenever I got out. I would need to constantly keep learning more and more to become successful with it. I would use all of the knowledge that I have about psychology to become successful with it. I would want to study people and write about what I've taken in while I was in the jail cell. I would want to write down everything about how people acted in jail and what they were in there for and their personalities so that when I got out, I could be able to study that and I would have a first-hand experience with that.
2.) I agree with you that Malcolmn X wanted to learn more each day. I think the fact that he had to educate himself made him appreciate it much more and see it as a form of freedom.
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ReplyDeleteYes, by making a homemade gift it shows a greater meaning than giving an item that is bought from the store. But building a complex gift can sure be dangerous.
ReplyDeleteSo Malcolm X did have the conviction to learn because of the satisfaction of being "smart". Good point.
I think that you made really good valid points about things being homemade. It can be both good and bad. I think that homemade gifts are more persoanl. But you made a good point about somethings are much more better off store bought rather than homemade. I belive that Malcolm X did make the wisest decesion when he chose to educate himself. He may have been in a jail cell, but he did have a education. And having an education is freedom because no one can take away your education. And if you were to study how people acted in jail it would give you alot of experience and you would be very successful with that career.
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