hat eventually pushed Malcolm towards street life, which eventually shaped his aspect of life the most. Shorty, I think had one of the strongest influences on Malcolm's life. Shorty basically showed Malcolm how to live the street life. He also got Malcolm his first job, and showed him how to make extra money by hustling people at the ballroom. Shorty also introduced Malcolm to lots of new people, took him to parties, and even showed Malcolm how to dress. Shorty also gave Malcolm his first conk, which Malcolm eventually seen as a black man trying to look white. Shorty I think was one of the few people that Malcolm trusted because and felt that was really his friend because when Malcolm returned to Boston, Shorty was the first person that he looked up. Harlem, New York was where Malcolm got his hustling almost down to perfection. This is where he seen even more how all the white people wanted to be where all the blacks were. Malcolm was well respected in Harlem and he always tried to get as much street knowledge as possible. He would talk to the prostitutes who would tell them way men went and how women wanted to be treated. He also refined his hustling game to almost perfection. This is also the place where Malcolm met Sammy the pimp. This is another big influence on his life; he also took Malcolm under his wing much like Shorty did in Boston. When Malcolm got into a dispute with West Indian Archie, is what basically pushed Malcolm out of Harlem. This was a big event because soon after Malcolm got into probably his most illegal activity with Shorty and Sophia. That activity soon got Malcolm in prison, and that is where he turned his life in another direction. In prison Malcolm had a very cold filling about God, which gave him the nickname Satan. In prison he met one person who would turn him onto something that would let him be free, books. Bimbi was one of the prison inmates who was always at the library reading books...
