Analysis Of The Article The Bird Catcher By Malcolm X

Going into prison, Malcolm X had no ability to read and write. He grew up on the streets as a hustler before getting arrested for larceny and breaking and entering. While in prison, X taught himself to read and write by copying the dictionary front to back. X then went on to be a political rights leader who fought a corrupt government with black power. X sees the theft in the government system and how it is unfair to most minority communities. Seeing this theft in the system gives him the idea to do the same against the government. He uses the knowledge that belongs to the government and uses them to fuel his own causes. To start his battle on government corruption, he writes his Autobiography and the essay â€Å"Learning to Read† is a section of it. This essay describes how he turns the white man’s oppression into life’s biggest opportunity to him. In this paper, I am arguing that X is stealing information from the white man and using it to help his communities. â€Å"The Bird Catcher† depicts a woman trapped inside someone else’s cage. The woman is clearly in a place where she does not belong, while the birds are toying with her as she is placed in this foreign place. Clearly the cage is meant for the birds, but the woman in this cage is trying to fight her oppressors even while they may think she is in a place where she cannot fight back. The woman is trying to trap the birds in her own net even though she herself is trapped. The birds clearly see her as a threat as they circle andShow MoreRelatedMarketing Management130471 Words   |  522 Pagesafter Neil H. Borden published his 1964 article, The Concept of the Marketing Mix. Borden began using the term in his teaching in the late 1940 s after James Culliton had described the marketing manager as a mixer of ingredients. The ingredients in Borden s marketing mix included product planning, pricing, branding, distribution channels, personal selling, advertising, promotions, pa ckaging, display, servicing, physical handling, and fact finding and analysis. E. Jerome McCarthy later grouped these