"Education is the key to success" is a famous quote that everyone is familiar with. Nowadays if you are not educated you will have a hard time trying to succeed and may even give up too early. Richard Rodriguez's "The Achievement of Desire", and Malcolm X's "Learning to Read" are both similar and different in how and why they educated themselves. Malcolm X taught himself because he wanted to be a well educated African American. Richard Rodriguez had a drive in him to study and get through school even though when he started he could not speak English. These two men both learned about life and themselves through their studies. Education was important to not just their careers but also to themselves to become more prominent role models.…
