Malcolm X once wrote, My life has always been one of changes (Haley 404). In
             his autobiography, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, it is very evident that
             through his life, he went through a series of drastic changes that went from
             one extreme to another. He went from being at the bottom of the American
             white mans society, to become one of the most influential advocates of Black
             pride (150). Throughout the novel the most evident changes are when Malcolm X
             moves to Boston, goes to prison, and going on HajjAfter living in Michigan,
             Malcolm X moves in with his half-sister, Ella, in Boston. Malcolm X described
             the move as pivotal or profound in its repercussions (38). When he gets to
             Boston, he sets out to explore the city and to get the feel of Boston (40).
             When he looks around the area he is living in he finds it full of nothing but
             Hill Negroes (40). He notices that all these black people are simply
             breaking their backs trying to imitate white people (40). He immediately
             rejects their way of thinking and finds himself in the middle of the towns
             ghetto section (42). Soon through his friendship with Shorty, Malcolm X is
             exposed to a new kind of living. He spends his first month in Roxbury with his
             mouth hanging open (48). He saw small black children shooting craps,
             playing cards, fighting& [throwing] around swear words and slang expressions
             (43). Eventually, all this exposure to black people being their natural
             selves took a great toll on him (43). After hanging out with Shorty and his
             friends, inevitably, he took his first reefers, first cigarettes, and the
             first liquor he drank. He ultimately went from being country to a cool
             cat. When he was exposed to all these jungle streets, he became a hustler
             and soon began to live like an animal, living only to survive (163). As he
             became more involved with these people he lost all sense of values and morals.
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