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Introduction

This essay presents a creation of an argument through a comprehensive analysis and drawing of

the shared class texts. The three choices used in this essay are ‘The Banking Concept of

Education' by Freire Paulo, ‘Learning to read' by Malcolm X and Blue- Collar Brilliance by

Mike Rose. I will develop an argument which is successively articulate to my argument.

Critical summaries of the texts

Malcolm X, Learning to Read

Malcolm X made tremendous achievements within the shortest time possible. He entered

prison as a convicted criminal but came out of the prison as an academic intellectual. Having

dropped out of school in 8th grade, Malcolm X was later in life arrested and taken to prison.

Prison enabled him develops the passion of reading, and within a couple of years, he becomes

literate. Malcolm X wrote series of letters to the human rights activist known as Elijah

Mohammed of Islam Nation, narrating to him the injustices which were done by the ‘white man'

throughout the history of America and the rest of the world. What a good example of the positive

role of prison to Malcolm X's and the influence the prison has in his literacy journey is the

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situation where he described the library in the prison whereby inmate who has the passion for

reading were allowed to visit the library in the maximum times of a day. Prison being the

negative sponsor is the situation where Malcolm X narrates that the lights went off and he was

occasionally forced to read in a dim light hence straining the eyes.

Paulo Freire “The Banking Concept of Education."

Paul Freire, one of the best radical ideologists in Brazil made a major banking concept of

education which shaped the concept of education. In a comprehensive and classic essay titled,

The Banking Concept of Education, the author makes important highlights which mainly

expounded on key mechanical flaws in the current education system. Freire offered a systematic

approach which was believed to medicate the learning-teaching disorder in the respective

classrooms. According to Flare, the flawed conceptions in the education system mainly consisted

of oppressive ‘depositing' of information (that's why he uses the word ‘banking') by the teaching

fraternity and their students (Freire 1-3).

Blue- Collar Brilliance

Mike Rose, the author of the Blue-Collar Brilliance, spent the better part of his life with

her mother who earned her living through working as a waitress at one restaurant. Rose observed

his mother serving different customers within the restaurant. He acknowledged the mastery skills

of his mother who was able to do a lot of work, managing table to table and remembering all

customers' orders and which order each of the customers made. The author learned that one

could learn and apply the knowledge within the shortest time possible. Through self-awareness,

Rose resolved to do more if granted an opportunity and learn how to respond to the different

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situation over a given period and circumstances. According to the author, knowledge, and

mastery is a powerful tool for achieving the coveted success (Rose 1-5).

Introduction, citing, and analysis of passages from class text

While varied themes emerged in the three articles of the written by various authors, the

key theme which emerged in the passages and which will be the genesis of my arguments is

knowledge. Knowledge is the defining factor of the success and the failure. In the next

paragraphs, I will be explaining the role of the knowledge towards the successful contribution of

each author chosen in this work (Bush 179).

Malcolm X is a good example of a person who successfully acquired knowledge

irrespective of the environment which he was accustomed to. In prison, he grabbed the dictionary

in the library and systematically learns and writes English. With dedication and passion,

Malcolm X later emerged to be a good English writer and great transformer in the history of the

United States of America. Knowledge is the important aspect of development. Through the

acquisition of knowledge, people can be able to transform their destinies as knowledge consists

of embracing of new ideologies just like the way Malcolm X did. Malcolm X became a

significance hope of transformation which shows that one can make it irrespective of the

restrictions like the one which was experienced behind bars (Steve 7).

Paulo Freire, through his classical essay titled ‘The Banking Concept of Education' shows

that Brazilians and the world at large can embrace the new paradigm of knowledge necessary to

transform education sector. In a well-structured article which advocated for new knowledge, the

author came up with the education in the post-modern society which has positive impacts on the

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future of the humanity and capacity to produce methodological circumstances where the massive

intellectual transformation can take place (Freire 3).

Another aspect of knowledge is advocated by Mike Rose, the author of Blue-Collar

Brilliance. The author pays tribute to his mother who was working as a waitress in a busy

restaurant. Through the acquisition of knowledge, the author's mother managed to learn how to

multitask in a busy restaurant, and he records that through the active mind, she was able to

remember each customer and the orders of each customer in each table. Knowledge and its

significance are repeated in the entire work (Rose 2)

Identification and explanation of key connections, comparisons, or contrasts between

different texts/arguments

There is a key inter-relationship and connections of the discussed arguments by the

various authors as earlier explained in work. The key comparison which emerged throughout the

texts is the significance of knowledge. The work of Malcolm X, Paulo Freire and Mike Rose all

shows the important trend of how great transformation can be achieved through the embracing of

knowledge. For example, Freire, in a well-structured article which advocated for new

knowledge, the author came up with the education in the post-modern society which has positive

impacts on the future of the humanity and capacity to produce methodological circumstances

where the massive intellectual transformation can take place. In contrast, Malcolm X's works

show self-searching of knowledge in a negative environment of the prison where he was serving

his jail term in prison. Freire and Mike Rose, on the other hand, shows a new knowledge which

can be taught to bring the desired transformation. For example, Mike Rose, through self-

awareness, Rose resolved to do more if granted an opportunity and learn how to respond to a

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different situation over a given period and circumstances. According to the author, knowledge,

and mastery is a powerful tool for achieving the coveted success (Freire 2).

Relevance of the texts I chose

The texts by the various authors provide significance insights of the essence of

transformational conversation which was the genesis of this discussion. The text, while it has

varied themes emphasizes the importance of knowledge which is vital to the success in our day

to day life. Through the knowledge, for instance, Malcolm X transformed from a prisoner to the

world celebrated intellectual. Prison enabled him develops the passion of reading, and within a

couple of years, he becomes literate. Malcolm X wrote series of letters to the human rights

activist known as Elijah Mohammed of Islam Nation, narrating to him the injustices which were

done by the ‘white man' throughout the history of America and the rest of the world. Key

progressive issues suitable for development emerged throughout the text. For instance, we learn

through the perspective of Malcolm X that dedication and passion, Malcolm X later emerged to

be a good English writer and great transformer in the history of the United States of America.

Knowledge is an important aspect of development. Through the acquisition of knowledge,

people can be able to transform their destinies as knowledge consists of embracing of new

ideologies just like the way Malcolm X did.

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Works Cited

Bartholomae, David, Tony Petrosky, and David Bartholomae. Resources for Teaching Ways of

Reading. 1st ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. Print.

Bush, Roderick. We Are Not What We Seem: Black Nationalism and Class Struggle in the

American Century. New York: New York University Press.2009. p. 179

Paulo Freire. Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education. New

York: New York University Press. 2012

Steve Clark, ed. Malcolm X Talks to Young People: Speeches in the United States, Britain, and

Africa. New York: Pathfinder Press, 2011.Print

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