Educational narratives such as Douglass, Malcolm X, and Jiang have showed us their struggle in the journey of learning. What makes them alike? They all come from a minority background and education was considered “sacred” at the time they were introduced to it. Douglass learned how to read and write through his white masters during the time of slavery. Malcolm X self-educated himself during his time in prison. Jiang learned about western culture through a Mona Lisa painting in her parents room during the Cultural Revolution. Although there were obstacles in each of their ways they still found a way to learn. No one deserves to hide their intelligence like they did, but for their safety they had to. All were persistent to learn because without education nothing in the world would make sense to them.