Reading and writing meant a lot to all three of them Malcolm x , Sandra Cisneros and Frederick Douglass. They all struggled a lot to pursue their profession .they expressed themselves better after they discovered reading and writing. In their stories they described their conditions when they started reading and writing. This essay discusses how the readings of Frederick Douglass , Malcolm x , and Sandra Cisneros compare and contrast. Even though there is time difference between their lifetime , Malcolm x and Frederick Douglass were African- American and were imprisoned anyway .”you will be free as soon as you are twenty - one, , but I am a slave for life!”pg 115, para 3. On the other hand , Sandra Cisneros was neglected , which is not less than a prison for her . “but somehow I could feel myself being erased” In …show more content…
Malcolm x was out of prison , “a free man “ after he knew how to read and write . Sandra always wanted to prove herself therefore reading and writing helped her father proved wrong . Last but not the least , Frederick Douglass wanted to prove that he was more than a slave . Malcolm x wanted to prove that he was more than a prisoner . Sandra Cisneros always wanted to prove that she was more than a wife .
There is a time difference between them and their writings .Frederick Douglass and Malcolm x are dead however Sandra Cisneros is alive . when it comes to their gender , they were male where as Sandra is a female . When it came to their race and ethnicity , Frederick Douglass and Malcolm x were African - American and Sandra was a Latino . Frederick was first taught by his mistress and then he self-taught himself “Mistress , in teaching me alphabet, had given me the inch , and no precautions could prevent me from taking the ell.”( pg115 para 2) Whereas Sandra went to school and a college. On the other hand , Malcolm X went to school and then self taught