Malcolm Vs. Franklin Vs. Rose

Rose's experience with education was completely different from either Malcolm's or Franklin's. Rose was discouraged and unmotivated to learn anything. He didn't have teachers or people in his life that cared like Franklin had, or the resolve to face his shortcomings and use his circumstances as motivation to learn on his own like Malcolm did. Rose, at the time, seemed to blame his circumstances for his lack of intellectual, emotional, and social experience/education. Malcolm was in a similar situation, but his outlook and his desire to become more outweighed whatever preconceived notions he had of himself or anyone else had of him. Franklin benefited from the instruction and guidance of great teachers and family influence which gave him ample opportunity to prosper, where as Rose had uninspiring teachers who seemed to foster complacency.