Malcolm X vs Mike Rose essay comparison.

Mike Rose's essay was not quite as easy to read as was Malcolm X's essay.  Mike's writing was more complex like a novel whereas Malcolm's writing was more straight forward like an autobiography which is what it was. In my opinion Mike occasionally used words that although maybe more descriptive about his thoughts are not words that an average reader would likely be familiar with. I can appreciate his style however as his descriptions are precise enough of what was going on that one could almost visualize being there with him.  Malcolm's story is more personal as it describes just his feelings, motives, and experiences.  I preferred reading about Malcolm however that preference may have a lot to do with the fact that I wrote a paper on him when I was in high school.  Malcolm did not write much to describe the people he associated with except in general terms probably because there would have been current knowledge of his associates at the time of his writing.  More important to his writing are the historical references that he presented and the way he felt after reading those references.  This information he provided builds a description the how and why he became the man that he was.