Glossary #1

Christopher Cruz
Glossary #1
English 1101
Professor Garcia

“in·ev·i·ta·ble”
In my English 1101 course we read an excerpt from the autobiography of Malcolm X titled “Coming To An Awareness of Language.” While reading along I came upon the word inevitable amongst a couple of others. The word inevitable is an adjective defined as incapable of being avoided or evaded in the dictionary Merriam- Webster. While finishing up this excerpt I noticed an unfamiliar word. In the beginning of section 17 this word was used in a sentence, ” I suppose it was inevitable that as my word-base broadened, I could for the first time pick up a book and read and now begin to understand what the book was saying.” Malcolm X was basically saying how for the first time he could finally understand the text he was reading. He felt proud because coming from the streets people were uneducated and were not proficient at reading or writing.