Malcolm X #5 (Jealousy)

Malcolm X had a lot of faith in Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm admired him more than anyone else in his life. He was the one who gave him the knowledge of the Islam religion and helped him escape from the life he once had. Although it is true that Muhammad did help Malcolm X, I think that he is a traitor and very selfish. I also think that it got to the point where he was even jealous of Malcolm. Malcolm was becoming widely known and praised by many Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Muhammad let Malcolm X down by suspending him from the Nation of Islam and not confronting the “adultery” rumors being spread about him. I think Elijah Muhammad was trying to get rid of Malcolm because he felt like Malcolm was becoming more powerful than he was.

I think this is very similar to the jealousy problems faced by people who have a very close relationship with one another, like other family members. This article (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/395566/jealousy_can_destroy_a_family.html) talks about how jealousy can destroy a family. It talks about how the kid of a family would want all the attention and in order to get all this attention, this kid might do something to whoever and whatever gets in the way from getting all the attention. This is pretty much what was going on between Muhammad and Malcolm. Muhammad was starting to see that Malcolm was getting all the attention and so he found an excuse to suspend Malcolm from the Nation of Islam.

This same problem goes on within my family, especially my little sister. My little five-year-old sister gets very jealous when my parents turn all their attention to my brother or me. She starts crying and yelling at us just to get the attention back. She is showing the same type of jealousy that Muhammad was showing towards Malcolm.