Malcolm X Post V-Malcolm's New Experiences

Towards the end of the book, Malcolm's life totally changes. It is safe to say that he was totally unprepared for all the events which led to him going on the Hajj and the Hajj itself. If  I were Malcolm, I would be totally disappointed and crushed in my rejection by Elijah Muhammad, a man who I would have respected for over 10 years of my life. Malcolm definitely would have saw this coming if he did not so blindly follow the Nation of Islam with his soul and mind; so much, that he refused to acknowledge subliminal clues which indicated this event. Also, it was kind of ironic that Elijah Muhammad could drink and have affairs with his secretary and not be punished, while Malcolm was punished for saying "the chickens coming home to roost" (Haley 307). In fact, Malcolm's response to this event was "But believe me when I tell you this: for me even to consider believing anything as insane-sounding as any slightest implication of any immortal behavior of Mr. Muhammad-why, the very idea made me shake with fear" (Haley 301). When Malcolm did leave the Nation of Islam, he went to Mecca with funding from Ella, his sister. It was here, that he TRULY had new eye-opening experiences. I wonder, why must people go outside there normal residence and surround themselves with other people just to have a revelation about the true nature of things? Anyway, Malcolm experienced many new things on the way to Mecca. Merely on his flight there, he saw people of all races and colors in Mecca, which brought about his major revelation that it was possible for the members of the white race to truly care about the Black man. That single revelation alone changed his almost life-long philosophy that the white man was the devil and that he would also hurt, never help the African Americans. I can most closely relate Malcolm's experience to my life when I learned that there was no such thing as the tooth fairy. I was very sad, as this caused a change in the firm belief I had in the tooth fairy for three years. Of course, this no way impacted my life as was the event in Malcolm's life, but it did give me a experience in that I was deeply saddened about. In the airport in Mecca, Malcolm saw people talking many different languages and in different garbs. I can definitely relate to this. When I was eight years old, I was taken to India for the by my parents. In Frankfurt airport, I saw signs in German and saw people talking this weird language that I couldn't understand. I saw people that wore weird clothes and that wore straggly beards which made them look like a monster (sorry, no offense). Frankly, I was scared and in awe at the same time. I saw many different types of clothes that I never saw before, like traditional clothes from Japan and Africa. On this site, there is a comprehensive list of traditional clothes of different countries that are very intricate and interesting and include the dress which Malcolm wore on the Hajj. Malcolm's  new experiences most definitely made him a changed man after he returned to from Mecca to America.