Friday, January 16, 2015

Using ideas from To Kill a Mockingbird, explain how Malcolm X changed in his words and actions after he returned from Mecca?

I had to pare down the original question to the one
featured above.  I think that one of the most intense transformations that Malcolm
undergoes as a result of his trip to Mecca is to recognize that color is not the point
of differentiation regarding character.  The issue of human character is more complex
than reducing it to color, one of the fundamental challenges he had with the Nation of
Islam after his trip to Mecca.  In describing the experiences in Mecca, Malcolm
understood that "a true brotherhood" was possible even outside the stratification of
color.  This is similar to what is gained from Lee's work.  Atticus is an embodiment of
this notion of "true brotherhood" as he teaches such lessons to his children.  Atticus
embodies Malcolm X's idea of "the graciousness... by people of all colors."  What
Malcolm finds in his journey to Mecca is the belief that individuals can be like Atticus
in their understanding of how race is not to be used as a weapon of division and a wedge
that divides society, but rather a source where people can be brought together.  In
this, one sees Atticus representing some of the lessons

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