Malcolm went on his Hajj to Mecca and I was kind of disappointed. He goes there and he starts changing his mind about all the white people and how he hates them. I mean he goes around preaching that he hates all whites and they deserve to go to hell and just because he sees a bunch of white people in Mecca that are muslim, he changes his mind just like that. At that point in the book, i kept on thinking, "Does he not realize how many people he has affected through his preaching and now he just changes his ideals and train of thought to combat his prior beliefs?" I didn't make any sense to me whatsoever. Anyways, As I read Malcolm change/purify his should once again, it was also an awe-aspiring moment because we saw Malcolm really had a position he can take on his beliefs. Before he was hopping around like traveler on a Continental Trip around Europe. The site below shows what Malcolm actually did in Mecca for his Hajj.
http://www.hajjpros.com/info.htm
The site shows the symbolism and the reasons certain activities are set up in the way they are. An example is when Malcolm does "Stoning the Devil", he is pretty much picturing the devil inside of him and throwing it away through the stones or you can look at it in a way where he is throwing stones at the devil inside of him. The Hajj is meant for Muslims to purify their soul and I believe, even though it was very hypocritical, Malcolm did it to reverse his actions of what he preached before he came here. He did purify his mind and soul but sadly he didn't get to use his new skills because he was assassinated. And it's kind of hard to preach when your dead.
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I agree with what you are saying, but although it is a strange change of attitude, I think it could also be viewed as a positve thing. I felt that throughout the book Malcolm's view of white people was wrong, at least i felt that not ALL white people were like that, and at the end he realized that not all whites are devils. still, I thought the way the book ended was disappointing, because 95% of the book he was ranting about white people, calling them devils, rallying blacks against whites, and at the last 5% he just throws that all out and changes his view, even after he has affected so many people for so long.
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