Response to Malcolm X's "Learning to Read"

Malcolm X's "Learning to Read" relates to our first unit because he is writing about an important educational experience in his life which is what we are to do in our first paper. He follows a clear timeline throughout the entire excerpt, from the time he first got his hands on a dictionary to the end when he had mastered reading and was checking out more books from the prison library than they would normally allow an inmate to have. He also uses illustrations to keep the reader engaged and to help the reader picture what he is talking about, one example is when he wrote, "In my slow, painstaking, ragged handwriting..." Using an illustration like that is much more engaging and intriguing than if he had simply said, "In my messy handwriting." Our assignment sheet for the first paper states that our paper can be "less formal" and use "I" and personal opinions based on experiences. I think "Learning to Read" is written in the same "less formal" way and uses "I" and personal opinions, similar to what our papers should employ.
I feel like Malcolm X's excerpt "Learning to Read" will be much more helpful when I begin to write my paper than the previous two Education Narratives will be.