How would the comic strip change if Hobbes were depicted only as others see him, not as a real-life tiger, but as others see him, a stuffed animal?

While in prison, malcolm's introduction to the elijah muhammad's teachings forces him to reflect on his own past experiences. why do those experiences persuade him to join the nation of islam? what, in malcolm's experiences, draws him to an activism more militant than the nonviolent activism of martin luther king jr?