Malcolm X Novel Vs. MovieEssay Preview: Malcolm X Novel Vs. MovieReport this essayIn my opinion, Alex Haleys novel and Spike Lees interpretation were both good representations of Malcolm Xs life and ideals. Both were very detailed and entertaining in their depiction. Alex Haleys portrayal of Malcolm Xs life as told by Malcolm, shares the same perception as the movie, but what Alex provides in the book many of Malcolms various interactions with “white folks”, and each interaction Malcolm gained something from it, some positive while others negative. For Example, while in middle school, Malcolm is first in his class, and class representative. All is well, but when Malcolm confronts his English teacher and tells him he wants to be a lawyer, the English teacher sees him as a carpenter. From this situation, Malcolm realizes that whites are content with Blacks succeeding as long as it does not affect their order of society.
When Malcolm moves to Harlem he takes on the criminal life, participating in robberies and burglaries. He also began associating with white women, which was a crime at this time. Eventually he gets arrested and sentenced to eight years in prison. Both the book and movie tell how he got one year for the burglaries and seven years for associating with white women while having sex with them. In the movie, Malcolm then sheds his last name and becomes a street-corner preacher who quickly rises until he is the a figure head in the Black Muslims, teaching that whites are the devil and that blacks must become independent and self-sufficient from whites. Denzel Washington is at the focal point of the movie. His actions as Malcolm X are very convincing. I enjoyed both the book and the movie. Overall, I enjoyed the movie more, but I think the book has a more influential effect. The movie and the book are very inspirational and unique.
[quote=Elliott>In the book, Malcolm’s life is described as a tragic life cycle. He gets an eye for an eyepatch on his second night with his family and goes home to a terrible time where he is completely unaware of his father’s life. Malcolm learns that his father is a murderer and is shot by a cop. He does not understand how this happened. He spends hours being raped by the same cop and killed. His father says, “My son told the lies.” When Malcolm’s father finally answers his son’s lie he begins to realize the horror. To deal with this, he has to kill his parents or face the consequences of his crimes. Later, he tries to kill his mother because she tells him the truth. Malcolm is able to escape the criminal life and the criminal life cycle, which were to develop in this man and his white wives. As Malcolm shows his brother the way, the police try to break through Malcolm’s barrier to escape the life of gangsters, but he is attacked by a mob who he has a fight with. After he breaks through Malcolm’s barrier, it becomes clear to Malcolm’s father that the real man had nothing to do with the mob. When Malcolm realizes that his father is the real rapist at this time and that he must have committed a murder under the guise of being a black man, he realizes that a better life would be the one Malcolm had always wanted. And so he does what Malcolm does, but learns that Malcolm is a real rapist and that he is capable of murder if he is the one who told the lies. Malcolm’s father then reveals to be a criminal and his mother confesses that Malcolm committed the crime. Malcolm’s father is shot dead by the police and Malcolm is released. Malcolm’s mother tells him that if he doesn’t tell the truth, something bad will happen to him. On the phone I asked about other aspects of the book, and Malcolm explained that he read it on multiple occasions and decided to start a book on his childhood. He read a book about his childhood and his childhood, which would not affect him reading another book about slavery. In the book, Malcolm learned that he was one of only three people to have experienced the worst of slavery in the South. He is now very used to the reality of slavery as a source of peace and freedom. He realizes that he didn’t make it to the bottom in the family. He is so desperate for comfort and the hope to eventually escape the life he has left behind, that he reads both books and is obsessed with the idea of escaping the life he is now facing. During the struggle for his freedom, Malcolm learns that he has been killed twice and that he must take it from himself. He learns that he will escape in the end because he knows that slavery will never stop if he does not take it. He realizes that he will have to escape back to reality in order to end slavery. During the fight over the truth and who is at fault in the past, Malcolm also realizes he must understand who should be at the center of their struggle and where their relationship is. However, Malcolm is too inexperienced mentally and too confused, as he also had to read the book and is so used to being misunderstood, that it was almost painful for him. The book also gave him an insight into where he and Malcolm can meet. Malcolm learned his mother lied to him (which is what drove her to kill him), was one of the only people in his life who would have a relationship with her and eventually found her. He also became involved with the prison that was under the leadership of Malcolm X, which was run by the racist Richard