epilogue thoughts

Hailey, when he first was interviewing Malcolm X, asked about his mother. Why does this make an impact on Malcolm X?



this was the turning point of the creation of the beginning of the book in my opinion. Alex Haley expressed how he was struggling, their first interviews together consisted mainly of Malcolm talked about Elijah Muhammad, the NOI, he didn't open up about himself and when Haley suggested the book is about his life, not the religion Or Elijah Muhammads life, Malcolm shut that down and got frustrated and would be moody for the rest of the session. When Haley asked Malcolm about his mother, he caught him off guard. Haley recalled he wasn't sure how he got the nerves, but he asked Malcolm if he would tell him something about his mother. the question hit Malcolm, he was pacing and abruptly stopped, he recalled how him and his siblings went hungry, how their mother stretched food for as long as she could. he also reflected how it made him realize how he had been putting her off, not thinking about her, and when Haley brought it up it made him realize that and actually spoke to his siblings and she waas released from the mental instuition.