From Malcolm's writing I like the way he was so passionate about learning and making himself a better person. "I was so fascinated that I went on, " he says, about writing down the words from the dictionary. I also liked that he did it "just for him." Education isn't bound by the school system. It's available and FREE to anyone who will take up the challenge to better themselves. He said, "I certainly wasn't seeking any degree, the way a college confers a status symbol upon its students," and, "Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was, 'What's your Alma mater?' I told him, 'Books.'" He is the perfect example that we are only limited by ourselves.
From Franklin's writing I like the way he always grew as a writer and accepted criticism well. He said, "By comparing my work afterwards with the original, I discovered many faults and amended them..." This was encouraging for me because I consider myself a perfectionist and don't tend to take criticism well.
From Rose's writing I like that Ken Harvey made such an impression on him and forever changed the way he viewed education, especially the education of the underprivileged. He said, "...his sentence has stayed with me all these years, and I think I am finally coming to understand it." He learned a life lesson from an experience he had long ago. I can relate to that because sometimes I haven't learned what I'm supposed to until it's well in the past and I think those lessons are some of the ones you never forget.
Good observations on the three writers!
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