Malcolm X
The autobiography, Malcolm X has a certain level of dead honesty. ... On the contrary Alex Haley did a wonderful job of reporting Malcolm’s exact events. ... The reliability of Malcolm X’s autobiography is unquestionable. The details included about Malcolm’s childhood events help to reassure the accuracy of the book. Such events include the attack on the family store when Malcolm was an infant. He recalls, the white firemen standing there, watching the store burn to the ground (Malcolm 4). Malcolm then goes on to discuss the death of his father. ... He was bashed in the head and then laid on the railroad tracks, he was nearly sliced in half (Malcolm 11). ... These two events sum up the reality of how harsh Malcolm’s childhood was.