Differences

The three narratives that we read were extremely different from one another. They all had different writing styles, voices, and most importantly, experiences. 

 Franklin’s narrative was more of time line of the educational events in his life. Starting from the age of eight when he was put into grammar school and ending when he was in his teens. It also seemed that he had a relatively supportive family, with his father exposing him to so many different trades. Franklin also in the end pretty much had the ability to just do sort of whatever he wanted in the end. 

Rose’s narrative was very descriptive. He spent a lot of time going through great detail about the people who were involved with the experiences that he had. He also had a pretty rough educational experience.   Sort of coming from “da hood” while trying to make his own way, figure out life, and get an education at the same time.  Having test scores mixed up with someone else’s and getting the “wrong” education has got to be extremely disheartening. 

Malcolm X’s was about one particular event that sort of changed his view about education. Being highly motivated, self-driven, and independent; took his education into his own hands and made the best of a not so ideal situation.  He was very detailed in his words and really painted a picture of what his experience was like teaching himself to read and becoming educated. He also did not really have a support network to help him through this experience and really had to rely upon himself to get through it.