Khulud Khudur

The book the Autobiography of Malcolm x speak on racism and the experiences that structure Malcolm' s views. The book expressed how society as well as individual reacted to this complex language of racism. Like many blacks at the time Malcolm thought that the devil is the white man, but as he converted he became to see that we as humans live and die and everything in between is our choose. Meaning that all white people are not devils but some chose to act as such. Malcolm conveys the following terms in his book on pages 167-171: theme and purpose, types of argument, implicit and stated assumptions, kinds of evidence, and fallacies, which he uses to help structure his book.

The theme and purpose in pages 167-171 is religion and leadership. Faith and initiative is conveyed on pages 167-171. Malcolm illustrates religion on these pages by talking about when he first converted to Islam. Yacub's history is an example of what Malcolm belief of the religion of Islam. Initiative was passed on these pages by Mr. Muhammad teachings. Mr. Muhammad was a leader convincing blacks to convert to Islam in America. An example of his teaching is Yacub's history, which was a tale that many believed in. knowing that Yacub's history was a tale, the east Muslims showed lack of leadership by their silences. So if remains that religion and leadership are the main idea and reason for pages 167-171.

            Malcolm battled racism by planting arguments. He demonstrated this by stating that Yacub is the devil. And that he (meaning Yacub) bleached blacks to make the white race. Further more setting rules so the bleached white race can oppress the original blacks. Another argument that Malcolm established was that Mr. Muhammad teaches about the religion of Islam. An illustration of that is Yacub's history. He also stated that Mr. Muhammad teaching converted many of people to the religion. Although some of his arguments may seem weak Malcolm conveys a plethora of reasoning and knowledge behind them.

            Malcolm in several occasions stated his assumptions and other times he implies them. He implied that black people in America lack knowledge of Islam therefore, they believed in Yacub's story. He hinted that Mr. Muhammad is wise. And when he stated his assumptions he stated that among the dissatisfied was born ka " Mr.Yacub".  He also declared that though he (meaning Yacub) was a black man, Mr. Yacub, embittered toward Allah now, decided, as revenge, to create upon the earth a devil race-a bleached-out, white race of people. By jotting down and hinting he made his assumptions.

            The noticeable evidence that Malcolm used is logical and empirical evidence. A sample of that is Mr. Muhammad was a religious person, he told tales about the religion of Islam, therefore all religious personal tell tales. Another illustration of the is Yacub was a scientist who created white people and turned them into devils, therefore all scientist create devils. Based on evidence 70% of the people in the Holy city of Mecca were satisfied and 30% of the people were not. Therefore, the Holy city of Mecca was a city that dose not meet everybody's needs, that is an empirical evidence. Another example of empirical evidence is based on evidences Malcolm was in jail; therefore he must have killed someone. Although we could debate that having evidence does not necessary make your conclusion accurate, but in Malcolm case it make his argument strong.  

            To ameliorate his argument Malcolm used fallacies. Some of these fallacies are appeal to pity and appeal to popularity. An example of this is when he stated "they rounded them up, put them in chains. Furthermore with little aprons to cover their nakedness." The Holy city of Mecca was a satisfying place because 70% of the people were satisfied. It showed that the majority liked the city. Another reasoning that appeal to popularity was it was written that some of the original blacks people should be brought as slaves to the North America. When society interprets something, it does not mean that something is correct.

            The structure of the book relies heavily on theme and purpose, types of arguments, implied and stated assumptions, kinds of evidence, and fallacies. They are the foundation that created his well thought out book. These fundamentals ameliorated his arguments as well as conveying convincement the reader's eyes. They help illustrate knowledge, power, and authority. In conclusion these terms are the roots in which his book found life.