Malcolm X was a leader to the black community. When he was imprison, he used his confinement to find his true freedom. The embodiment of education is something that many people didn’t have at the time. Malcolm X  use the negative aspects of prison and turned it around to better benefit him. Blacks oppression didn’t stop him from getting the same education as a college student at the time. Malcolm states that, “In fact, prison enabled me to study for more intensively than I would if my life had gone differently and I attend some college”. Malcolm had a way to build on to the ability that the confinement gave him by reading book from the library and being able to read. Many of the black communities couldn’t understand a lot of thing and because of the prison, which was a place used to limit the black community, Malcolm turned this negative aspect of being placed in jail to find his true calling. Malcolm whole life changed around because of his building curiosity on wanting to expand his knowledge.  Malcolm claims that, “I could spend the rest of my life reading just satisfying my curiosity”. The ability to read can never be so liberating. literacy is a art that many of the people did not have access to. Prison is the only place that have any books that are not restricted to anyone in the public or skin based. Malcolm used his knowledge to give his experience in the book to everyone who was willing to listen and learn the same way he did.