Malcolm X

Malcolm X

QFD&J:

1. I believe that Malcolm is directing this piece at African Americans and the deprived. Firstly African Americans because he refers to a person in the text as a “the white man”, which makes me feel he is emphasising the white because it is different to him and the readers. Secondly the deprived, because throughout the text he refers to the limited sources he had available but yet he was still able to do what he wanted.

3. From a young age, Malcolm was deprived but he had sponsors such as books to help him with what he wanted to do. In prison I believe that his sponsors were books, the library and the floor in his cell, where he found it easy to concentrate and work.

6. I believe that motivation relates to your interest in a specific task you’re your taking part in. Therefore the more interest you have in a specific area the more motivation you will have to do well in it. So in my experience I have more motivation to train hard to be good at my hobbies whereas when it comes to studying for an exam, I have less interest in the specific area so therefore I have less motivation to sit down and study quietly.

A&E:

1. I believe as technology has increased and developed, there are two types of literate. Firstly being technology literate means you understand ways to connect through technology and you are able to work with technologies in order to do different tasks. Secondly being literate in a normal sense means that you write well and your grammar and punctuation are used correctly making your writing formal and high-quality.

2. My most influential literacy sponsor has to be my parents. My parents taught me how to read and write before going to school. Parents not only socialise you into beliefs and values but they also teach you basic skills. My parents also used sponsors to help be my sponsor such as learning materials with letters and numbers on to help me see visually what I needed to learn which made it easier. I believe I learnt from my parents the most because they were familiar to me and I grew up trusting them and listening to everything they told me.

MM:

I believe a teacher would say that the most important thing to take from the Malcolm reading is we can achieve in a deprived circumstance and our social backgrounds should not hold us back. As long as we have the correct attitude and motivation we can achieve and do well in life. I also believe Malcolm’s piece shows us that we should not be handed things on a plate, we have to work for them.

Alexie:

A&E:

1. I believe that people can overcome poverty but not all. In extreme cases it would be hard to ever imagine them succeeding without any, or very few resources. I believe sponsors such as books and institutions such as libraries would be open to most people so these would be the most common used, however once again in extreme cases these materials may be hard to gain access of.

Bell Hooks

AyR:

1. I do not believe I have ever fictionalized a memory but I know that sometimes I have Déjà vu, so I may see things which I believe have already happened. I also believe that sometimes I may over emphasise something within the experience than how I actually experienced it just to make it more interesting.

A&E:

3. I believe writing an experience down can add detail to the experience rather than it just being a rough memory. Also by writing it down at the time the event occurred can mean that you have it fresh in the mind so you can write a clear review on it. Another positive would be that by writing it down you can add emphasis on specific parts of the experience. For example make it more dramatic.