What the narrative suggests about the relationship between literature and freedom is that even though Malcolm X was in prison, a place that challenges people on an emotional and mental level. As well as making them feel weak-minded and powerless within themself, it gave Malcolm X the opportunity to experience something within himself out of his ordinary which was the power of knowledge. The power to learn more about what the world of white privileged people might have hidden from him as an African American and giving him the right and knowledge to defend himself. In addition, Malcolm felt that he had Freedom when it came to literature due to the fact that it was a skill he taught himself, in Malcolm’s perspective the word Freedom meant something that you do for yourself. With that being said this was something he learned without needing the help nor begging a White Man to teach him. Furthermore, Literature was a way for him to express his feelings and opinions towards what was going on in the world, without him being judged about how he felt.

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