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Malcolm's, Franklin's and Rose's essays all have to do with education. Though, I believe that is where the similarities end. Malcolm and Rose both had a harsher education than that of Franklin. Rose had to suffer through an atrocious education. Malcolm had no choice but to educate himself in prison. Franklin got the education variety pack. In the end they all achieved an acceptable level of education and that says a lot about them. They all had trials they had to pass through, some obviously worse than others. Malcolm had the will power to teach himself everything you could possibly learn while incarcerated. That says a lot about his person and character. Not a lot of people could say they would have the passion and heart to do that. Rose had to drag himself through the sewer system of public education. He experienced the worst it had to offer and he still came out acceptable. Franklin bounced around a lot and absorbed so many different types of knowledge. A lot of his life was full of change and with all that misdirection it must have been incredibly hard to know what you really want to pursue in life. Yet he still turned out to be a revolutionary man that had a tremendous impact on the world.

It is hard to flat out compare these three head to head. They share similar stories of troubled education, but the stories themselves are drastically different.