This is defined as the tension and confusion that people feel when moving between different and competing social spaces. Malcolm and I are related in the sense that we both moved between social spaces and had to adapt. For example, Malcolm was sentenced to ten years for theft and forced to adapt to prison life. At first Malcolm is not very happy with prison, but over time he makes the best of it. Brothers who have joined the NOI, such as Reginald, begin to visit Malcolm and talk about the NOI and the teachings of Elijah Muhammad. Reginald talks to Malcolm about the group's teachings, including the fundamental belief that whites are devils, who blacks cannot live with. Also, how there is a man who knows everything, known as God, but his real name is Allah. Malcolm, more confused than ever, uses this time to devour books in the prison library in an attempt to make up for the years he lost when he dropped out of school. “To say I was confused is an understatement. I need not remind you of the background I sat in hearing my brother Reginald speak thus. I just listened, knowing he was taking his time to get me into something. And if someone is trying to get you involved in something, you have to listen to them.” (Haley 1973: