Sunday, September 15, 2019

What role does Laura play in the book? Why does Malcolm X devote a chapter to her?

Reading this chapter I believe Laura represents a turning point in Malcolm's life, he describes her as someone who loved to read, who loved her school, hence why she was a genuine person and very friendly with everyone,  she even supported his dream of becoming a lawyer, Malcolm described her as "...different from the others on the Hill." Later on he showed how she started changing for him, she stopped reading, she started lying to her grandma, she became a different person after she met him. After he choses a white girl (Sophia) whom he met at the dance, over her, she loses it, he explained that she became a wreck, that she started drinking and doing drugs and she also started selling herself to men, I believe he devoted the chapter to her because for years he has blamed himself for what happened to her, and how she turned out, if it wasn't for him doing that to her, she would've continued her school and her future would've turned out better.
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2 comments:

  1. Prof. John TalbirdSeptember 16, 2019 at 2:40 PM

    Good response, Valentina. How was Laura "different from the others on the Hill"?

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  2. CatherineSeptember 23, 2019 at 9:00 PM

    I think this is a really good response too and like you said Malcolm saw Laura "different from the others on the Hill" one she started coming into his job. She was smart, she always had a book in her hand, she didn't hang out with many of the other kids and that alone made her very different from the rest of the kids Malcolm saw hanging out and getting ice cream at his job. I agree with you and I think he devoted a whole chapter to her because she really was someone who was so different from him and as they hung out and went out dancing she became much more free and eventually she lost it a bit. Had it not been for Malcolm I'm sure she would have finished her studies and even later in the book they ran into each other and she was drinking going out doing drugs, and I agree with the fact that I think he blames himself for that. I definitely think was an important chapter in the book

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