Extra+Credit+Assignment

**Extra Credit **
 * English 101-725 **
 * Frederick Douglass **
 * How did Mrs. Auld change and why did she change?
 * What plan did Frederick adopt to learn how to read now that Mrs. Auld was no longer teaching him?
 * Why is it ironic that he bribed the little white boys to teach him to read? (English)
 * What irony does Frederick find in this statement: "It is almost an unpardonable offence to teach slaves to read in this Christian country."?
 * What did Frederick learn from the book "The Columbian Orator"?
 * How does Master Auld's prediction about Frederick and learning come true?
 * How does Frederick learn the meanings of the words “abolition” and “abolitionist”?
 * What do the two Irishmen encourage him to do? Why does he not trust them?
 * How does Frederick learn to write?
 * How does he trick the white boys into teaching him new letters?


 * Malcolm X **
 * What originally prompted Malcolm X to educate himself?


 * Describe the method Malcolm X used to improve his penmanship and vocabulary.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">As his word-base broadened, how did Malcolm X begin to feel about books?


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Speculate on why Malcolm X preferred reading in total isolation.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Analyze the use of numbers in the final paragraph. What can be concluded by this?