the narrative suggest that literature/reading can stimulate your mind as it did for Malcom X  but  our   freedom can sometimes be  a distraction and hinder us from getting  more into  literature Malcom x even said  it he said ”one of the biggest troubles with college  is their are to many distraction’s  also he says ”where else  but in prison could I have attacked my ignorance by being able to  study intensely sometimes as much as fifteen  hours a day”. Malcom X was locked up but reading helped him feel mentally free and alive,  even though he did not have have freedom he had more time to develop his mind and get more into his reading.  In his narrative he said  ” my reading of books months passed with out even thinking about being imprisoned  In fact up to then, I never been so truly free in my life”.   Malcom X  was trapped but literature made every day feel like he was free  the days in prison was just passing by him he didn’t even realize cause he was so in tuned to literature. Once you find the right book or the right piece of literature you could feel so calm not only physically but mentally it just relaxes you and no matter where you are whether your in a confined place or in a place where you cant get out reading can make you feel free.

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