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__**//Malcolm X:By Any Means Necessary//** __
This biography, Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary, was written by Mr. Walter Dean Myers. The main character in this book, Malcolm Little is important because he followed what he believed in and didn't give up his dreams. He may not have been that successful in his life and got into many conflicts, but that never stopped him. He kept pushing his whole life. Even getting arrested didn't make him quit. 0n May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm little was born, the third youngest of seven children. Throughout his life, Malcolm struggled to keep his family together, especially after his father died from being hit by a railroad car in the middle of the night. His mother started to lose her mind more and more as the years went by. Even though he was one of the youngest of seven, he tried to be the man of the family and do what was right. Watching his mother turn into a nervous wreck was not the best thing for Malcolm because the crazier she got, the more he acted out in school. Child Services tried their best to prove that Mrs. Little was an unfit mother, and eventually, they did, especially when Malcolm drove his mother into a nervous breakdown and she completely lost her mind. When this happened, Malcolm's younger siblings went into foster homes, the older ones moved out on their own, and Malcolm was put in a county juvenile home in Mason, Michigan. He liked the family, and they liked him, but he wasn't too fond of his teachers. He did like one if his teachers, who was a white male, but strongly disliked him after he told Malcolm that even though he had dreams, they would most likely not come true because he was African-American. This made Malcolm furious so he decided to leave school at fifteen years old and move to Boston,Massachusetts with his half sister. Here he made new friends, the wrong kinds of friends. Malcolm was arrested when he was eighteen years old and was sentenced to jail time for eight years without bail. He was put in for getting together a small crew of him, two other black males, and three white girls and stole a watch that the police had been searching for for days. Malcolm had pleaded not guilty, but when the girls had got on the stand and told the judge that Malcolm forced them to help him, he quickly changed his plea. Jail time didn't really bother Malcolm because he knew that he had done many illegal things in his life and was now finally paying for them. While he was in jail, Malcolm received a letter from his brothers, begging him to follow the Nation of Islam, the same religion they followed. He decided to listen to what his brothers told him and refused to eat any pork that him or any of the other prisoners were fed by the guards.